The rivière du Moulin (''in English: river of the Mill'') is a tributary of the west bank of the

Chaudière River The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flo ...

which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...

. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Alfred and

Beauceville Beauceville is a city in, and the seat of, the Municipalité régionale de comté Beauce-Centre in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population was 6,185 as of the Canada 2021 Census. Beauceville's new cons ...

, in the

Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality Beauce-Centre is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of southeastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Chaudière River, between La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality and Beauce-Sartigan Regional Cou ...

, in the administrative region of

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...

, in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Moulin river are: * North side: ruisseau des Meules,

Mathieu River Mathieu is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname * André Mathieu (1929–1968), Canadian pianist and composer * Anselme Mathieu (1828–1895), French Provençal poet * Claude-Louis Mathieu (1783–1875), ...

Bras Saint-Victor The Bras Saint-Victor (''in English: Saint-Victor arm'') is a tributary of the west shore of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the administrative region of Chaudière- ...

; * east side:

; * south side: Victor-Loubier branch, Fabrique stream,

Pozer River The Pozer River (''in French: rivière Pozer'') is a river that originates in Shenley Township and flows into the Chaudière River at Saint-Georges. The latter flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in ...

; * west side:

rivière des Hamel The rivière des Hamel (''in English: Hamel River'') is a tributary of the west bank of Bras Saint-Victor which flows into the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the muni ...

, Prévost-Gilbert River. RiviereDuMoulin

The Moulin river has its source at Volet lake (length: ; altitude: 265) which is located in rang Saint-Guillaume de Saint-Alfred. This lake is located at south-east of the center of the village of Saint-Alfred, at west of the

, at north of the center of the village of

Saint-Benoît-Labre Saint-Benoît-Labre is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Beauce-Sartigan in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,630 as of 2009. It is named after Benedict Joseph Labre ...

and at north of the municipal boundary of

(MRC Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality). Lake Volet is fed by the Bernard stream (coming from the east) and the "discharge of Lake Fortin" (coming from the southwest). Lake Fortin (length: ; altitude of ) is renowned for its vacation; this head lake is located southeast of the village of Saint-Victor. From its source, the Moulin river flows over divided into the following segments: * northward, delimiting rang Saint-Guillaume (west side) and rang Clark (east side), to the confluence of the

Noire River Noire River or Rivière Noire may refer to: North America * Grande rivière Noire or Big Black River (Saint John River tributary), in Maine, United States, and Quebec, Canada * Noire River (L'Assomption River tributary), Matawinie, Lanaudière, Q ...

; * northeasterly, up to the municipal limit between Saint-Alfred and

; * northward, to the confluence of ruisseau des Meules; * towards the northeast, crossing avenue Lambert which runs along the west bank of the

, up to its confluence. The Moulin river flows on the west bank of the

in the municipality of

. The confluence of the Rivière du Moulin is located south of the town of

bridge and downstream from Île aux Oies.

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière du Moulin was made official on December 5, 1968, at the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: Rivière du Moulin

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References