The Savoy River (''in French: rivière Savoy'') is a tributary of the west bank of the

Chaudière River The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flo ...

which flows north to empty onto the south bank 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 ...

. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Elzéar and

Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce Sainte-Marie is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of the Municipalité régionale de la Nouvelle-Beauce, in Chaudière-Appalaches. The population was 13,134 as of the Canada 2021 Census, and was 95.7% French-speaking as o ...

, in the

La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality La Nouvelle-Beauce (''New Beauce'') is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada, south of the Saint Lawrence River. It is located south of Lévis, along the Chaudière River. Established ...

, 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

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.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Savoie river are: * north side:

Vallée River The Vallée River (''in French: rivière Vallée'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Elzéar and Siante- ...

, rivière des Îles Brûlées,

; * east side:

; * south side: Nadeau River, Lessard River,

Cliche River The Cliche River (''in French: rivière Cliche'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northwards to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Frédéric (MRC Rob ...

rivière des Fermes The rivière des Fermes (''in English: Ladies River'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appal ...

; * west side: Aulnaies stream,

Beaurivage River The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River. The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of: * MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...

Fourchette River The Fourchette River (''in French: rivière Fourchette'') is a tributary of the Filkars River whose current flows successively into the Beaurivage River, the west bank of the Chaudière River and the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. The Four ...

Filkars River The Filkars River (''in French: rivière Filkars'') is a tributary of the Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River). It flows in the municipalities of Sa ...

. The Savoie river has its source in the Haut-Saint-Olivier range, in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar, on the north slope of Mont du Cosmos. This head zone is located southwest of the center of the village of Saint-Elzéar, at west of the

and north of the summit of Mont Saint-André. From its source (i.e. at the level of the Haut-Saint-Olivier road), the Savoie river flows on divided into the following segments: * north-east, in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar, to a road on Rang Haut-Saint-Jacques, which it cuts at south of the village center; * north-east, up to Chemin du Haut-Saint-Thomas, which marks out the municipalities of Saint-Elzéar and

; * northeasterly, crossing the rang Saint-Étienne-Sud road (which runs along the east bank of the

), to its confluence. The Savoie river empties on the west bank of the

, in

. This confluence is located downstream from the confluence of the Nadeau River and Lessard River, as well as at upstream of the

bridge.

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Savoie was formalized on October 6, 1983, 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 names bank - Toponym: Rivière Savoie.
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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References