Beaurivage River
The river in Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon
Beaurivage River is located in Quebec
Beaurivage River
Native nameRivière Beaurivage (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Administrative regionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMRobert-Cliche Regional County Municipality, La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Lévis (a city).
Physical characteristics
SourceLake Beaurivage
 • locationSaint-Sévérin
 • coordinates46°19′06″N 71°04′37″W / 46.31830°N 71.07699°W / 46.31830; -71.07699
 • elevation538 metres (1,765 ft)
MouthChaudière River
 • location
Saint-Sylvestre
 • coordinates
46°41′33″N 71°16′16″W / 46.69260°N 71.27103°W / 46.69260; -71.27103
 • elevation
70 metres (230 ft)
Length65 kilometres (40 mi)
Basin size750 kilometres (466.03 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionChaudière River, St. Lawrence
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) Le Canal, ruisseau Brise-Fer, Noire River, rivière aux Pins, cours d'eau Lafleur, ruisseau Fraser, ruisseau Gagné, ruisseau Goulet, ruisseau Martin, ruisseau Roger, Filkars River, Bras des Chutes, ruisseau Saint-Jean, cours d'eau Laplante, ruisseau Fermanagh, ruisseau ?, ruisseau du Troisième Rang (décharge du lac Pelchat).
 • right(upstream) ruisseau Boucher, ruisseau Dubois, ruisseau Béland, Cugnet River, Bras d'Henri, décharge de cinq petits lacs, ruisseau Belfast Ouest, ruisseau ?, cours d'eau des Aulnaies, ruisseau ?, décharge de deux petits lacs.

The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River.

The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of:

The Beaurivage River is a river in Quebec that flows from Thetford Mines and empties in the Chaudière River, near Saint-Romuald, Quebec. It is a body of water mostly known for its annual canoe race beginning at Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Quebec and finishing at Saint-Gilles, Quebec.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Beaurivage river are:

The Beaurivage river is a river of Quebec, whose sources begin on the heights which crown the township of Broughton, (MRC Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality), in the part East of the municipality of Saint-Sylvestre, almost at the limit of Saint-Séverin. This head area is located east of Mont Handkerchief, south-east of Mont Sainte-Marguerite, south of Mont Saint-André and west of the village of Saint-Séverin.

Its course crosses several marshy sectors and draws many meanders. It receives the Bras d'Henri at the height of Saint-Gilles, then makes a bend in an easterly direction, which allows it to water Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon and join the Chaudière River a few kilometers before the falls, near Saint-Rédempteur.

About 65 kilometres (40 mi) long, the Beaurivage drains a basin of some 750 kilometres (466.03 mi).[1]

Toponymy

The name of the river and its use merge with that of the seigneury of Saint-Gilles or of Beaurivage granted in 1738 to Gilles Rageot, sieur de Beaurivage. Several parishes and municipalities have retained, officially or in custom, the name of the river in their designation: Saint-Séverin, Saint-Gilles-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Sylvestre-de-Beaurivage.[2]

The toponym Rivière Beaurivage was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]

See also

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Dictionary of lakes and rivers of the province of Quebec, Department land and forest 1914; Eugène Rouillard.
  2. ↑ Rivière Beaurivage
  3. ↑ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: Rivière Beaurivage
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