The rivière du Moulin is a tributary of the northwest shore of the

Saint-Laurent 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 ...

, descending in the municipality of

Deschambault-Grondines Deschambault-Grondines is a municipality of about 2100 inhabitants in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in Portneuf Regional County Municipality. The municipality was incorporated in 2002 by the merger of the formerly independent villages ...

, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, 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. The Moulin river valley is mainly served by the route 138 which runs along the northwest shore 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 ...

and the route 363 (route Guilbault) which is perpendicular to the north bank of the river. Riviere du Moulin 004

Agriculture is the main economic activity in the sector; forestry, second. The surface of the Moulin river (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.

Geography

The Rivière du Moulin is located on the north shore of the

Saint 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, connectin ...

, between

Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières (, – 'Three Rivers') is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada, at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...

and

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, more precisely between the hydrographic slopes of the

Sainte-Anne River The Sainte-Anne River is a tributary of the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River, whose mouth is located at Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade. This river flows in the province of Quebec, Canada, in the administrative regions of: * Capitale-Nationale: ...

(to the west) and Portneuf River (to the east). The Moulin river rises next to the Canadian Pacific railway. This source is located west of the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River; south of the village center of

Saint-Marc-des-Carrières Saint-Marc-des-Carrières is a town in Quebec, Canada, part of Portneuf Regional County Municipality in the Capitale-Nationale region. The place has earned the title of Rock Capital of Portneuf County because of its rock quarries that have playe ...

; north-east of the mouth of the Sainte-Anne River. From its source, the Moulin river then flows over a distance of , with a drop of , according to the following segments: * first towards the west by cutting the Canadian Pacific railway, then branching south until the railway again; * to the southwest in the agricultural zone by crossing the autoroute 40, then route 138 in the village of Grondines-Ouest, to its mouth.Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Rivière du Moulin - Length of segments established using the distance measurement application
/ref> The confluence of the Moulin river is located on the sandstone to the south-east of the railway; south-east of the village center of

Saint-Casimir Casimir Jagiellon ( la, Casimirus; lt, Kazimieras; pl, Kazimierz; 3 October 1458 – 4 March 1484) was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. Second son of King Casimir IV Jagiellon, he was tutored by Johanne ...

; north-east of the confluence of the Sainte-Anne River with the

; south-west of the village center of

Toponymy

In Description topographique... du Bas Canada..., published in 1815, the geographer Joseph Bouchette, wrote about the seigneury of Grondines, that it was very well watered by the Sainte-Anne river, the Batiscan, and a small river that falls in the St. Lawrence. The latter runs a grain mill and a sawmill. Still unnamed in 1815, this small river certainly received the name it now bears from the mill it once fed.Source: Toponymic route of Chemin du Roy: Quebec – Montreal, 1981. The toponym "Rivière du Moulin" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of 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
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Geography

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