The Petite rivière Muskrat (''in English: Little Muskrat River'') is a tributary of

Grand lac Saint François The Grand lac Saint-François () is a freshwater body covering , in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in southeastern Quebec, in Canada. This water body is located in two regional county municipality: * Le Granit Regional County ...

which constitutes the head lake of the

Saint-François River The Saint-François River (, ) is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes ...

. The course of the "Petite rivière Muskrat" crosses the territory of the municipality of

Adstock ''For the municipality in Quebec, see Adstock, Quebec'' Adstock is a village and civil parish about northwest of Winslow and southeast of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. The 2001 Census recorded a parish popul ...

, in the

Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality Les Appalaches () is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of Beauce, Frontenac, Mégantic, and Wolfe. The coun ...

, 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" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachia ...

, on the South Shore of the

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, in

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, Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Petite rivière Muskrat are: * north side: Muskrat river, Hamel River; * east side: Hamel River; * south side: Rivière aux Bluets (Grand lac Saint François),

; * west side: Muskrat River, rivière de l'Or. The "Petite rivière Muskrat" takes its source south of the village of "Saint-Method-de-Frontenac" and to the east of Lake Rochu (altitude: ). This zone is located almost at the eastern limit of the

(MRC) and Beauce-Sartigan. The head of the Muskrat River is located north of the head of the "Petite rivière Muskrat". From its head, the Petite rivière Muskrat flows on towards the southwest, passing south of lakes Rochu and Bolduc, to the limit of Parc national de Frontenac; on towards the north-west leaving the Park, up to a small stream (coming from the east); on westward crossing the park boundary to its mouth, located near a road bridge that spans the small bay. The mouth of the "Little Muskrat River" empties into a marsh area at the bottom of the "Baie aux Rats Musqués" which is an extension of the northeast shore of

. The mouth of the Muskrat River flows at its confluence with the Muskrat River, in the northern area of

Frontenac National Park Frontenac National Park () is a 156.5 km2 provincial park in southeastern Quebec, Canada, created in 1987 and governed by Société des établissements de plein air du Québec. The park is located along Lac Saint-François roughly halfway be ...

Toponymy

Formerly, this watercourse was known under the French name: "Petite rivière aux Rats Musqués". The toponym "Petite rivière Muskrat" was officially registered on August 4, 1969, at the

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 th ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Petite rivière Muskrat

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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