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Palmer River (Bécancour River Tributary)
The Palmer River is a tributary of the Bécancour River which is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Palmer River flows through the municipalities of Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Quebec, Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton and Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, Quebec, Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, in the regional county municipality (MRC) of the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring Drainage basin, watersheds of the Palmer River are: * north side: Armagh River, Saint-Georges River (Chêne River tributary), Saint-André River, Filkars River; * east side: Nadeau River (Nouvelle-Beauce), Palmer East River, Cinq River; * south side: Osgood River, Sunday River (Osgood River tributary), Sunday River, Prévost-Gilbert River, Ashberham River; * west side: Bécancour River. The river begins in the Eleventh Rang, near a soapstone quarry in the municipality of Saint-Pierre-de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, New Brunswick to the southeast and a coastal border with the territory of Nunavut. In the south, it shares a border with the United States. Between 1534 and 1763, what is now Quebec was the List of French possessions and colonies, French colony of ''Canada (New France), Canada'' and was the most developed colony in New France. Following the Seven Years' War, ''Canada'' became a Territorial evolution of the British Empire#List of territories that were once a part of the British Empire, British colony, first as the Province of Quebec (1763–1791), Province of Quebec (1763–1791), then Lower Canada (1791–1841), and lastly part of the Province of Canada (1841–1867) as a result of the Lower Canada Rebellion. It was Canadian Confederation, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-André River
The Saint-André river (''in French: rivière Saint-André'') 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 shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Sylvestre and Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Québec, in Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Saint-André river are: * north side: Fourchette River, Filkars River, Beaurivage River; * east side: Beaurivage River, Nadeau River, Lessard River, Vallée River, Boiler River; * south side: Filkars River, Palmer River, Palmer East River; * west side: Armagh River, Saint-Georges River, rivière du Chêne, Henri River. The Saint-André River has its source in the municipality of Saint-Sylvestre, at east of the village center. This headland is located south of route 21 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 rivers. Quebec has 2% of all fresh water on the planet."''Du Québec à la Louisiane, sur les traces des Français d'Amérique'', Géo Histoire, Hors-série, Éditions Prisma, Paris, October 2006 James Bay watershed James Bay Rivers flowing into James Bay, listed from south to north * Rivière au Saumon (Baie James) * Rivière au Phoque (Baie James) * Désenclaves River * Roggan River ** Corbin River ** Anistuwach River * Kapsaouis River * Piagochioui River =Tributaries of La Grande River= =Tributaries of Rupert River= =Tributaries of Broadback River= =Tributaries of Nottaway River= Tributaries of Waswanipi River (which empties in Nottaway River via Matagami Lake) Tributaries of Bell River Quebec rivers flowing in Ontario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission De Toponymie Du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to the province's toponymy rules. It also provides recommendations to the government with regard to toponymic changes. Its mandate covers the namings of: * natural geographical features (lakes, rivers, mountains, etc.) * constructed features (dams, embankments, bridges, etc.) * administrative units (wildlife sanctuaries, administrative regions, parks, etc.) * inhabited areas (villages, towns, Indigenous peoples in Canada, Indian reserves, etc.) * roadways (streets, roads, boulevards, etc.) A child agency of the Office québécois de la langue française, it was created in 1977 through jurisdiction defined in the Charter of the French Language to replace the Commission of Geography, created in 1912. See also * Toponymy * Toponym'elles * Offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière
Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière () is a municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada. It had a population of 1,049 as of 2021. It is named after Agatha of Sicily, who died as a martyr in 251. History The initial development of Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière is linked to the construction of the ''chemins'' Chemin Craig, Craig and Chemin Gosford, Gosford Roads in the mid-19th century. The first road constructed within the lands was Craig Road (now Quebec Route 269), which was naed after James Henry Craig, who was the governor. The construction of the road started in August 1810, and in 1811, people could make the Quebec-Boston trip in winter only since in the summer the road was too bumpy. It is from that road that the first road leading to the territory that would form the Sainte-Agathe was built. The road was named either Harvey Hill or Chemin des Mines for a long time, because it started from the Harvey Hill mine, locate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 271
Route 271 is a two-lane north/south highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its northern terminus is in Sainte-Croix at the junction of Route 132, and the southern terminus is at the junction of Route 173 in Saint-Georges. Towns along Route 271 * Sainte-Croix * Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur-d'Issoudun * Laurier-Station * Saint-Flavien * Dosquet * Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière * Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds * Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton * Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus * Sainte-Clotide-de-Beauce * Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce * Saint-Benoît-Labre * Saint-Georges File:Debacle St-georgesBeauce.jpg, David-Roy bridge in Saint-Georges. File:Chemin vers Saint Georges de Beauce - panoramio.jpg, Route 271 in Saint-Benoît-Labre. File:Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière.jpg, Intersection with Routes 218 in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière. File:Dosquet (2).jpg, Intersection with Route 116 in Dosquet. File:Saint-Flavien, Québec.jpg, Principale street in Saint-Flavien. File ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 216
Route 216 is a two-lane east/west highway in Quebec, Canada, which starts in Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley in the Estrie region at the junction of Route 108 and ends in Sainte-Perpétue in Chaudière-Appalaches at the junction of Route 204. Route 216 follows mostly a northeast/southwest course, and it is not a busy highway as it mostly links small villages between themselves in the backroads of the Appalachians. The only two major towns along the way are Sherbrooke and Sainte-Marie. Between Ham-Nord (junction with Route 161) and Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown (junction with Route 263), the road is unpaved. Municipalities along Route 216 * Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley * Sherbrooke * Stoke * Saint-Camille * Wotton * Saint-Adrien * Ham-Nord * Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown * Saint-Julien * Irlande * Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande * Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf * Kinnear's Mills * Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds * Saint-Sylvestre * Saint-Elzéar * Sainte-Marie * Sainte-Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry River (Québec)
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Perry River or River Perry may refer to: Australia * Perry River (Queensland), see rivers of Queensland * Perry River (Victoria), Gippsland region, Victoria, Australia Canada * Perry River (Nunavut), Chester Bay, Nunavut * Perry River (Eagle River tributary), British Columbia * Perry River (Palmer River tributary), Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec United Kingdom * River Perry, Shropshire, England United States * Perry Creek (Missouri River tributary), Iowa See also * Perry (other) Perry is an alcoholic beverage made of fermented pear juice. Perry may also refer to: People * Perry (given name) * Perry (surname) Places United States * Perry, Arkansas * Perry, Florida * Perry, Georgia * Perry, Illinois * Perry, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ashberham River
The Ashberham river (''in French: rivière Ashberham'') is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the Ashberham River crosses the territory of the municipality of Saint-Joseph-de-Coleraine, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Ashberham River are: * north side: Bécancour River, Bécancour Lake; * east side: rivière de l'Or; * south side: Grand lac Saint François; * west side: Lake Noir, Bisby River, Bécancour River. The Ashberham River has its source on the southern flank of the Collines de Bécancour, that is to say to the southwest of the Thetford Mines airport. From there, the river descends on first towards the southeast, then the south and the southwest, until it empties on the north shore of Caribou La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prévost-Gilbert River
The Prévost-Gilbert river (''in French: rivière Prévost-Gilbert'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Bras Saint-Victor which flows into the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada, in MRC of: *Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality: municipalities Thetford Mines ( Robertsonville sector), Adstock (Sacré-Cœur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud sector), Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce; * Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality of Saint-Victor. Geography The main neighboring watersheds of the Prévost-Gilbert River are: * north side: Nadeau River, Palmer River, Whetstone River, Perry River; * east side: Chaudière River, Bras Saint-Victor, rivière du Cinq, Noire River; * south side: Bras Saint-Victor, Fortin-Dupuis River, rivière des Hamel; * west side: Gagné River, Bécancour River. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sunday River (Osgood River Tributary)
The Sunday River (''in French: rivière Sunday'') is a tributary of the Osgood River, whose course flows successively into the Palmer River and Bécancour River; the latter being in turn a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Sunday River flows through the municipalities of Kinnear's Mills and Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the region administrative office of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography The river, once a strong sinuosity, has a length of about after linearization. Its basin has an area of approximately . Its bed of gravel has a depth varying from and a width of . The edges suffer from frequent erosion. The river is then diverted from its course, and the new meanders must be linearized again every three years. Also, the bed must be periodically freed from gravel deposits due to erosion. The river is rich in brook trout, but linearization work has compromised the integrity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinq River
Cinq is French for 'five', and may refer to: * CINQ-FM, a multilingual Canadian radio station located in Montreal, Quebec * Cinq Music Group, an American music distribution, record label, and rights management company * La Cinq, a French free-to-air television network * Le Cinq, a gourmet restaurant in Paris, France * Cinq (playing card), obscure name for a playing card having the number five See also * Cinco (other) * Cink, an abandoned settlement in southern Slovenia * Cinque (other) * ''Numéro Cinq ''Numéro Cinq'' was an online international journal of arts and letters founded in 2010 by the Governor-General's Award-winning Canadian novelist Douglas Glover. ''Numéro Cinq'' published a wide variety of new and established artists and writers ...'', a former online international journal of arts and letters * Park Cinq, a luxury cooperative apartment building in Manhattan, New York * {{dab, callsign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
