The rivière Noire (English: Black River) is a tributary of the rivière aux Pommes, flowing in the municipalities of

Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures is a city in central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint Lawrence River, adjacent to Quebec City. The town was founded in 1691 by three families (Desroches, Racette, Couture). It was merged with Quebec City on January 1, 2002 ...

, Pont-Rouge and Neuville, in the

Portneuf Regional County Municipality Portneuf is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Capitale-Nationale administrative region of Quebec, Canada. RCM of Portneuf has been established on January 1, 1982. It is composed of 21 municipalities: nine cities, seven municipalities, t ...

, in the administrative region of

Capitale-Nationale Capitale-Nationale (; en, National Capital region) is one of the 17 List of Quebec regions, administrative regions of Quebec. It is anchored by the provincial capital, Quebec City, and is largely coextensive with that city's Communauté métropol ...

, in

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. The Black River Valley is mainly served by route 365, route 367 and autoroute 40 which links the cities of

and

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 ...

. Some secondary roads serve this area for agricultural purposes.Open Street Map - Accessed February 1, 2020
/ref> Apart from the hamlets crossed, agriculture is the main economic activity in the sector; forestry, second. The surface of the Black River (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March; safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.

Geography

The Black River has its source in

at Étang Martel. This confluence is located northwest of the railway, northwest of autoroute 40, northeast of downtown Pont-Rouge and northwest of the north-west bank of

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 ...

. From its source, the Black River flows over with a drop of according to the following segments: * towards the south-west, especially in the forest zone, passing near two hamlets, up to the railway; * towards the south by forming a hook towards the east, by cutting route 365 twice because of a loop towards the west, to autoroute 40; * south-east to its mouth.Atlas of Canada - Department of natural resources of Canada - Black River - Length of segments established using the distance measurement application
/ref> The mouth of the Noire River flows into a bend in the rivière aux Pommes in Neuville. From this confluence, the current descends the rivière aux Pommes for towards the southwest by winding in agricultural area, to the east bank of the

Jacques-Cartier River The Jacques-Cartier River is a river in the province of Quebec, Canada. It is 161 km long and its source is Jacques-Cartier Lake in Laurentides Wildlife Reserve, and flows in a predominantly southern direction before ending in the Saint Lawr ...

. From there, the current descends to the southeast over following the course of the

to the northwest shore of the

Saint-Laurent 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 ...

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Noire" 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 ...

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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