The rivière du Petit Sault (''English: Small Sault river'') flows through the municipalities of
Saint-Éloi (MRC
Les Basques Regional County Municipality
Les Basques (, ''the Basques'') is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River halfway between Rimouski and Rivière-du-Loup.
The count ...
) and
L'Isle-Verte
L'Isle-Verte () is a small municipality located along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada. The name of the village refers to '' Île Ver ...
(MRC of
Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality
Rivière-du-Loup () is a regional county municipality in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada. Its most important city is Rivière-du-Loup, which contains more than half of the population.
Major industries include pulp and paper, ot ...
), in the administrative region of
Bas-Saint-Laurent
The Bas-Saint-Laurent (, 'Lower Saint-Lawrence) is an administrative region of Quebec located along the south shore of the lower Saint Lawrence River in Quebec. The river widens at this place, later becoming a bay that discharges into the Atlan ...
, in
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, ...
, in Canada.
The Petit Sault River is a tributary of the southeastern coast of the
St. Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...
at the
L'Isle-Verte
L'Isle-Verte () is a small municipality located along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada. The name of the village refers to '' Île Ver ...
.
Geography
The Petit Sault river takes its source from agricultural streams located in the municipality of
Saint-Éloi. This source is located at to the southeast of the southeast coast of the
estuary of Saint Lawrence
The St. Lawrence River Estuary is an estuary at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. It stretches 655 km from west to east, from the outlet of Lake Saint Pierre to Pointe-des-Monts, where it becomes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada.
...
, at to the southwest from a bend in the
Trois Pistoles River
The Trois Pistoles River (，) is a river in Quebec that discharges into the St. Lawrence River. It originates in Lac des Trois-Pistoles, flowing westward from Sainte-Rita, Quebec, Sainte-Rita in Les Basques Regional County Municipality to Saint-Cy ...
and at northeast of the center of the village of
Saint-Éloi .
From its source, the Petits Saults river flows in an agricultural zone over according to the following segments:
* west in
Saint-Éloi, to chemin du 3e rang East;
* north-west, up to the 2e rang East road;
* north-west, to the limit of the municipality of
L'Isle-Verte
L'Isle-Verte () is a small municipality located along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada. The name of the village refers to '' Île Ver ...
(Saint-Jean-Baptiste-de-l'Isle-Verte sector);
* heading west, crossing
highway 20, to route de la Station;
* westward, collecting water from a stream (coming from the south), to Pettigrew Road;
* northwesterly, crossing the
Canadian National
The Canadian National Railway Company () is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, which serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.
CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue an ...
railway line and
route 132, to its confluence.
The Petit Sault river flows into Anse Verte, on the Loups Marins flats, of the
St. Lawrence River
The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...
, in the village of the municipality of
L'Isle-Verte
L'Isle-Verte () is a small municipality located along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada. The name of the village refers to '' Île Ver ...
, facing the
ÃŽle aux Pommes, located from the shore. This confluence is located northeast of the center of the village of
L'Isle-Verte
L'Isle-Verte () is a small municipality located along the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the Rivière-du-Loup Regional County Municipality of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, Quebec, Canada. The name of the village refers to '' Île Ver ...
.
Toponymy
The toponym "rivière du Petit Sault" was made official on December 4, 1980, 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 ...
.
References
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Rivers of Bas-Saint-Laurent