The Saint-Jean River (''in French: rivière Saint-Jean'') flows through the municipalities of
Sainte-Louise (MRC of
L'Islet Regional County Municipality
L'Islet is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada.
The county seat is Saint-Jean-Port-Joli.
Geography Adjacent counties and municipalities
* Kamouraska Regional County Municipality – northeast
* A ...
), as well as
Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth and
La Pocatière
La Pocatière is a town in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, La Pocatière had a population of living ...
, in the
Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Kamouraska is a regional county municipality in eastern Quebec, Canada. The regional county municipality seat is Saint-Pascal, but the largest town is La Pocatière.
The area is an important research, development and education centre for agricul ...
, in the administrative region of
Bas-Saint-Laurent, 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.
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière Saint-Jean was formalized on December 5, 1968, by 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 ...
.
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 Bas-Saint-Laurent
L'Islet Regional County Municipality
Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Rivers of Chaudière-Appalaches