La Petite Rivière
La Petite Rivière (Lac Saint-François) upstream of the Rang Saint-Michel bridge in Lambton.
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCLe Granit Regional County Municipality
MunicipalityLambton
Physical characteristics
SourceForest streams
  locationLambton
  coordinates45°49′11″N 71°03′49″W / 45.819801°N 71.063621°W / 45.819801; -71.063621
  elevation463 m (1,519 ft)
MouthGrand lac Saint François
  location
Lambton
  coordinates
45°50′41″N 71°06′44″W / 45.84472°N 71.11222°W / 45.84472; -71.11222
  elevation
289 m (948 ft)
Length8.4 km (5.2 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionGrand lac Saint François, Saint-François River, St. Lawrence River

La petite Rivière (in English: The Little River) is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of Saint-François River. The course of "La petite Rivière" crosses the territory of the municipality of Lambton, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near "La petite Rivière" are:

"La Petite Rivière" has its source in an agricultural zone in the 3e rang, east of the village of Lambton, south of route 108, west of fourth rang road, west of the head of Champagne brook (a tributary of the rivière aux Bluets (Grand lac Saint François).

From its head area, the river flows on 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) towards the north; then forks north-west to follow 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) the fourth rang road (on the southwest side); 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) westward crossing route 108 at 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) north of the intersection of rue Principale and 2nd Avenue (chemin du 2e rang) of Lambton; 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) south-west to the confluence with a small stream (coming from the east) that crosses the village of Lambton; and 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) westward, crossing under the Rang Saint-Michel bridge, to its mouth. Its route is generally in an agricultural zone, except in the head zone and the forest islets it crosses.[1]

"La Petite Rivière" empties at the bottom of a very small bay, on the east shore of Grand lac Saint François, west of the center of the village of Lambton, facing the "Pointe Richard" (west shore of the lake) and at 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north of the mouth of Ruisseau Rouge which is located south of Grand lac Saint François.

Toponymy

The toponym "La petite Rivière" was officially registered on August 4, 1969, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - La petite Rivière (Grand lac Saint-François).
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