The Sauvage River (''in French: rivière Sauvage'') is a tributary of the

Felton River The rivière Felton is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the "Felton River" crosses the territory of the municipality of Saint-Romain, in the Le Granit Regional ...

which flows into the Baie Sauvage to the south of

Grand lac Saint François The Grand lac Saint-François is a freshwater body covering , in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in southeastern Quebec, in Canada. This water body is located in two regional county municipality: * Le Granit Regional County Mu ...

which constitutes the head lake of the

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 ...

. The course of the Sauvage River crosses the territories of the municipalities of

Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region of Estrie. It is named after Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians and Church music Church music i ...

and Saint-Romain,

Le Granit Regional County Municipality Le Granit (''Granite'') is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine. ...

(MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, on the South 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 ...

, in

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, Canada.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes close to Sauvage River are: * north side:

, Baie Sauvage; * east 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 ...

, brook Rouge; * south side: Blanche River; * west side:

Legendre River The Legendre River (''in French: rivière Legendre'') is a tributary of the Felton River which flows into the Baie Sauvage to the south of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the ...

. The Sauvage River has its source in the municipality of

, at the municipal limit with Lac-Drolet, which is separated by route 263. This head point of the river is located between "Lac à la Sangsue" (length: ) and Lac de la Souris, in a small valley on the eastern slope of "Montagne de the Craque". This place is located west of

lake Mégantic Lake Mégantic (french: Lac Mégantic, ) is a body of water in Québec, located in the Appalachian Mountains The Appalachian Mountains, often called the Appalachians, (french: Appalaches), are a system of mountains in eastern to northeastern ...

, south of

, north of Mont Sainte-Cécile, north of the village of

and southwest of route 263. The Sauvage River generally flows in a forest area to the west. From "Lac à la Sangsue", the Sauvage river flows over: * north-west, then west, until the confluence with the Isabelle stream (coming from the north); in this segment, the course of the river bypasses "Montagne de la Craque" and runs along (on the south side) the route 263; * towards the south-west, up to the confluence of the Castor stream (coming from the south-east); * north-west, up to the confluence of the Languette stream (coming from the south); * north-west, up to route 108 which it crosses at south of the center the village of Saint-Romain; * north-west, to its mouth. The Sauvage River empties on the east bank of the

opposite the limit of

Parc national de Frontenac Frontenac National Park (french: Parc national de Frontenac) is a 156.5 km2 provincial park in southeastern Quebec, Canada, created in 1987 and governed by Société des établissements de plein air du Québec. The park is located along Lac ...

, at upstream from the mouth of the

Toponymy

Formerly, this watercourse was designated "Indian river". The toponym "Rivière Sauvage" was officially registered on April 4, 1979, 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 Sauvage

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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