The Françoise river is a tributary of the

rivière aux Anglais The rivière aux Anglais (''English: River of the Englishmen'') is a tributary of the St. Lawrence River, flowing in the unorganized territory Rivière-aux-Outardes and in the territory of the town Baie-Comeau, in the Manicouagan Regional County ...

flowing in the unorganized territory Rivière-aux-Outardes, in the

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, in the administrative region of

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, in the

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, in Canada. The Françoise river valley is mainly served by the English river path.Openstreetmap - Accessed July 10, 2020
/ref> The surface of the Françoise river is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.

Geography

The Françoise river has its source on the

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, at a small unidentified lake (length: ; altitude: ). The mouth (south side) of this small forest lake is located northeast of the confluence of the Françoise river and the

, at south-west of a bay in

lake Franquelin A lake is an area filled with water, localized in a basin, surrounded by land, and distinct from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake. Lakes lie on land and are not part of the ocean, although, like the much larger ...

and north-west of the confluence of the

and Baie des Anglais on the north shore of the

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. From the head lake, the course of the Françoise river descends on entirely in the forest zone, with a drop of , according to the following segments: * southwards crossing first two small lakes, then a third lake (length: ; altitude: ) on , to its mouth; * southerly in a straight line, crossing an unidentified lake (length: ; altitude: ) on its full length, to its mouth; * to the south relatively in a straight line in a deep valley, crossing a small lake (length: ; altitude: ) in mid-segment, collecting on the west side the discharge from a lake, then collecting on the east side two discharges from lakes, up to a bend in the river, corresponding to the discharge (coming from the east) of three lakes; * towards the east relatively in a straight line in a deep valley, until its mouth. The Françoise river flows on the northeast bank of the upper course of the

, in the unorganized territory of Rivière-aux-Outardes. This confluence is located downstream from Lake Pascal and downstream from the confluence of the

Tremblay River The Tremblay river is a tributary of the rivière aux Anglais flowing in the unorganized territory Rivière-aux-Outardes, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Ca ...

. From the confluence of the Françoise river, the current descends the course of the English river for to the Baie des Anglais, located on the north shore of the

Toponym

The term "Françoise" is a first name of French origin. The toponym "Françoise River" was formalized on August 2, 1974, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Françoise, river Rivers of Côte-Nord Manicouagan Regional County Municipality

Geography

Toponym

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