The rivière à la Loutre (''English: Otter River'') crosses the municipalities of
Saint-Paul-de-Montminy and
Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, in the
Montmagny Regional County Municipality
Montmagny is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Montmagny is the seat. Its neighbouring RCMs are Bellechasse, Les Etchemins, and L'Islet.
This area was named after Charles de Montmagny ...
, 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 the
province of
Quebec, in Canada.
Rivière à la Loutre is a tributary of the south shore of the
rivière du Sud (Montmagny)
The rivière du Sud (''English: River of the South'') is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivièr ...
which flows first southwest, then northeast to the south shore of
Saint Lawrence River.
Geography
The Loutre river has its source in a mountainous area in the first rang of the municipality of
Saint-Paul-de-Montminy in the
Notre Dame Mountains.
[
From its source, the Rivière à la Loutre "flows through a valley steeped in according to the following segments:
* north-west, up to rang Sainte-Anne-Ouest road;
* west, crossing the Sirois-Sud road, to the main west street that it intersects at southwest of the center the village of Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud;
* towards the west, collecting a stream (coming from the east), until its confluence.]Rivière du Sud (Montmagny)
The rivière du Sud (''English: River of the South'') is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivièr ...
near the boundary of the municipalities of Armagh
Armagh ( ; ga, Ard Mhacha, , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish. It is the ecclesiastical capital of Ireland – the seat of the Archbishops of Armagh, the Pri ...
and Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud.[
]
Toponymy
This toponym appears on a map dated 1952.
The toponym Rivière à la Loutre was formalized 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 - Place name bank - Toponym: Rivière à la Loutre
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See also
* List of rivers of Quebec
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Loutre, rivière à la
Rivers of Chaudière-Appalaches
Montmagny Regional County Municipality