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Rivière Des Saults
The rivière des Saults (, "Saults river") is a tributary on the south bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It empties into the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil and Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, in the Drummond Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. Except for the first and near the mouth (village), the course of the river pass mainly in agricultural zone. Geography The "rivière des Saults" has its source at the confluence of the north and south branches, in the Eastern part of the territory of the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover. This source is located at north of Domaine-Despins of Saint-Lucien, at east of the village center of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover and at west of the Domaine-Lampron (on the eastern shore on an elbow of Nicolet Southwest River). From its source (confluence of two brooks), the "rivière des Saults" flows on , with a drop of , acco ... [...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] |
Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Quebec (parish)
Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil () is a parish municipality located in the Drummond Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Quebec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 885. The municipality completely encircles the village that is also called Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Population trend:Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011, 2016, 2021 census Mother tongue language (2006) See also * List of parish municipalities in Quebec This is a list of municipalities that have the Quebec municipal type of parish municipality (''paroisse'', code=P), an administrative division defined by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy. The ''Commission de topony . ... [...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] |
Quebec Autoroute 20
Autoroute 20 is a Quebec Autoroutes of Quebec, Autoroute, following the Saint Lawrence River through one of the more densely populated parts of Canada, with its central section forming the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway from the Quebec Autoroute 25, A-25 interchange (road), interchange to the Quebec Autoroute 85, A-85 interchange. At , it is the longest Autoroute in Quebec. It is one of two main links between Montreal and Quebec City; the other is the Quebec Autoroute 40, A-40. There are two sections of the A-20, separated by a gap. The main segment extends for from the Ontario border to its current terminus at Trois-Pistoles, Quebec, Trois-Pistoles. The second, more northerly section is far shorter (), constructed as a super two autoroute (one lane in each direction), which bypasses Rimouski, Quebec, Rimouski to the south and ends at a roundabout junction with Quebec Route 132, Highway 132 in Mont-Joli, Quebec, Mont-Joli. While the Quebec government has completed envi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 122
Route 122 is an east/west highway on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its western terminus is at the junction of Route 132 in Yamaska and the eastern terminus is in Victoriaville at the junction of Route 116. The highway acts mainly as the main link between Drummondville and Sorel-Tracy, and somewhat as a major link between Victoriaville and Drummondville. Municipalities along Route 122 * Yamaska * Saint-Gérard-Majella * Saint-David * Saint-Guillaume * Saint-Bonaventure * Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham * Saint-Germain-de-Grantham * Drummondville, '' Saint-Charles-de-Drummond'' * Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover * Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (Parish) * Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (Village) * Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton * Saint-Albert * Victoriaville Major intersections See also * List of Quebec provincial highways References External links Provincial Route Map (Courtesy of the Quebec Ministry of Transportation) Route 122on Google Maps 122 122 may re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebec Route 255
Route 255 is a north–south highway on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Its northern terminus is in Baie-du-Febvre at the junction of Route 132 and its southern terminus is in Bury at the junction of Quebec Route 214. List of towns along Route 255 * Baie-du-Febvre * Saint-Zephirin-de-Courval * Saint-Joachim-de-Courval * Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover * Saint-Lucien * Saint-Felix-de-Kingsey * Danville * Val-des-Sources * Wotton * Sainte-Camille * Bishopton * Bury File:Ancienne grange de Brookbury - panoramio.jpg, Gravel section of Route 255 in Bury. File:Intersection Dudswell route 255 et 112 - panoramio.jpg, Intersection of Routes 112 and 253 in Dudswell. File:Route 255 vers Asbestos - panoramio.jpg, Route 255 towards Val-des-Sources in Dudswell. File:Rochers soleil et lumière - panoramio.jpg, Route 255 crosses Dudswell and Asbestos mines. File:Wotton.jpg, Route 255 approaching Wotton. File:Route 255 (Baie-du-Febvre).jpg, Route 255 as viewed northbound near Baie-d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Lucien, Quebec
Saint-Lucien () is a municipality in the Drummond Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Quebec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,584. On June 30, 2012, it changed its status from parish municipality to municipalit Demographics Population Population trend:Statistics Canada: Canada 1996 Census, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census Language Mother tongue language (2006) See also * List of municipalities in Quebec __FORCETOC__ Quebec is the Population of Canada by province and territory, second-most populous province in Canada with 8,501,833 residents as of 2021 and is the largest in land area at . For statistical purposes, the Provinces and te ... References {{authority control Municipalities in Quebec Incorporated places in Centre-du-Québec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tributary
A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they flow, drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean, another river, or into an endorheic basin. The Irtysh is a chief tributary of the Ob (river), Ob river and is also the longest tributary river in the world with a length of . The Madeira River is the largest tributary river by volume in the world with an average discharge of . A confluence, where two or more bodies of water meet, usually refers to the joining of tributaries. The opposite to a tributary is a distributary, a river or stream that branches off from and flows away from the main stream. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Centre-du-Québec
Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 census population of 242,399 inhabitants. Description The Centre-du-Québec region was established as an independent administrative region of Quebec on July 30, 1997 (in effect August 20 upon publication in the Gazette officielle du Québec); prior to this date, it formed the southern portion of the Mauricie–Bois-Francs region (the northern part of which is now known simply as Mauricie). Centre-du-Québec is not located in the geographic centre of Quebec, though it is approximately located in the centre of the southern portion of the province. Some consider the name Bois-Francs to be synonymous with the Centre-du-Québec region; others see it as being synonymous with Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, with its main city Victoriaville earning the title ''Capitale des Bois-Francs'' (capital of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolet River
The Nicolet River () is a river in Quebec, Canada. It is a tributary of the Saint Lawrence River on its southern shore and flows into Lake Saint Pierre. It is named in honor of the pioneer Jean Nicolet. It has several tributaries including the River Bulstrode and the Nicolet River Southwest. Its watershed is mainly in the Centre-du-Québec region although the Southwest Nicolet rises in Estrie. The city of Nicolet, Quebec, Nicolet is near its mouth on the lake Saint-Pierre which is crossed to the northwest by the St. Lawrence River. Geography Hydrology The Nicolet River begins its course from at an altitude of approximately in lake Nicolet, at Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens, Quebec, Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens. It then flows in a northwesterly direction to Nicolet, Quebec, Nicolet where it flows into lac Saint-Pierre. Its Drainage basin, watershed has an area of . Its modulus (hydrology), modulus is . Its main tributaries are, from upstream to downstream, the rivers Rivière des Vas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolet Southwest River
The Nicolet Southwest River (''in French: rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest'') is a tributary on the west bank of the Nicolet River. It empties into the municipality of Nicolet, in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada. This river flows through the regional county municipalities (MRC): Administrative region of Estrie: * MRC of Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality: Dudswell; * MRC des Les Sources Regional County Municipality: Danville; Administrative region of Centre-du-Québec: * MRC of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality: Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Quebec, Saint-Samuel; * MRC of Drummond Regional County Municipality: Saint-Lucien, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (parish), Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (village), Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults; * MRC of Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality: Sainte-Eulalie, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Grand-Saint-Esprit, La Visitation-de-Yamas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
