The rivière le Renne (''English: Reindeer River'') is a tributary of the
Yamaska River
The Yamaska River is a river in southern Quebec, Canada.
Sourcing water within the Eastern Townships, it ends its journey in Lake Saint-Pierre where it is a tributary to the Saint Lawrence River; altogether it is long. Crossing nearly twenty ...
, which flows in the municipalities of
Maricourt,
Sainte-Christine,
Acton Vale,
Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, of
Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, in the
Acton Regional County Municipality
Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale.
Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities contain ...
(MRC), on the South 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 ...
, in
Estrie
Estrie () is an administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 per cent francophone. Angl ...
, in
Quebec
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, Canada.
Geography
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Renne river are:
* north side:
David River,
Duncan River;
* east side:
Saint-François River
The Saint-François River is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada.
Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes course ...
;
* south side:
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 ...
;
* west side:
Chibouet River.
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The Renne river has its source in the Rivard stream, whose mouth is located northwest of the village of Maricourt.
Upper course of the river (segment of )
From its head, the Reindeer river flows over:
* west to route 222;
* west then north-west, to the confluence of a stream coming from the north-east;
* north-west to route 222;
* towards the north, collecting the waters of the Gardin stream (coming from the west), up to the road;
* northwesterly, to route 116;
* towards the north-west, collecting the waters of the Normand stream (coming from the east) and the Dupuis stream (coming from the south), up to the road of iron;
* towards the north-west, collecting the Normand, Dupuis, Gauthier, Landry, Lefebvre and Daigneault streams, up to the Courtemanche stream (coming from the north).
Lower course of the river (segment of )
From the mouth of Courtemanche brook, the river becomes wider (up to its mouth) and flows over:
* westward, winding in segments, to the route 139 bridge, located east of the village of Acton Vale;
* west, through the village of Acton Vale, to a road bridge;
* northwesterly, winding in segments, to the mouth of the Duncan River;
* towards the south-west, in an agricultural zone, to its mouth.][
]
Toponymy
Formerly, this stream was known as the "Moose River".
The toponym "Rivière le Renne" was officially registered 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 - Rivière le Renne
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See also
* List of rivers of Quebec
This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about:
*one million lakes of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes;
*15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 3134 ...
References
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Rivers of Montérégie
Acton Regional County Municipality