The rivière au Lard (''English: Bacon River'') flows on in the municipality of

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, then those of Saint-Maurice,

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and

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, in the

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, in the administrative region of

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, in

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, in

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Geography

The Rivière au Lard rises in the marshes east of Lac Valmont in the municipality of

. After recovering two streams, the river heads to the east and crosses the boundary of the municipality of Saint-Maurice. It then flows on to cross the road near the Désilets lake. It then travels eastwards to cross the limit of

where it makes a short foray of , branching south to return to flow in Saint-Maurice on . She then crosses the road near the hamlet Radnor-des-Forges. The route then descends on to route 352, northeast of the village of Saint-Maurice. From there, the river descends to the southeast, first on to collect the Gagnon stream, then to the Cordon stream and to cross the road along the

Champlain River The Champlain River is 66.7 km long flowing on the north shore of St. Lawrence river. This river flows between Saint-Maurice River and the Batiscan River watershed, in Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in administrative region of Mau ...

on the north side. It then travels to its mouth. The waters of the Rivière au Lard flow into the

, at Saint-Maurice, northeast of the route 352 and from the limit of the Cap-de-la-Madeleine sector of the city of

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 ...

. The start of its route is mainly in the forest, while the end is in the agricultural area.

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Saint-Maurice, Quebec Saint-Maurice is a parish municipality in the Mauricie region of the province of Quebec in Canada. History The hagiotoponym refers to Saint Maurice. The territory of Saint-Maurice was colonized in the early 1830s when the place was still part ...

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