Fortier River (Bécancour River tributary)

The Fortier River (in French: rivière Fortier) is a tributary of the Bécancour River (via William Lake. It flows in the municipalities of Vianney and Saint-Ferdinand, in the L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

Fortier River
Native nameRivière Fortier (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
MRCL'Érable Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceForest and Montain streams
  locationVianney
  coordinates46.072568°N 71.59591°W / 46.072568; -71.59591
  elevation430 m (1,410 ft)
MouthBécancour River (via William Lake)
  location
Saint-Ferdinand
  coordinates
46.13583°N 71.58278°W / 46.13583; -71.58278
  elevation
193 m (633 ft)
Length8.8 km (5.5 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionBécancour River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
  left(upstream) Ruisseau Larose, décharge du lac Tanguay
  right(upstream)

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Fortier river are:

The Fortier River has its source in the mountains, at 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) at south-west of a summit (elevation: 506 metres (1,660 ft), at 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) west of hamlet "Le Cent-Ans" and 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of William Lake.

From its source, the Fortier river flows over 8.8 kilometres (5.5 mi) generally North, with a drop of 237 metres (778 ft), divided into the following segments:

  • 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) towards north, crossing "Route de Vianney", descending the mountain, to the fifth rang road;
  • 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) north, crossing the sixth rang road, collecting the water of the discharge of lake Tanguay (coming from west), collecting water from ruisseau Larose and crossing route 165 in the hamlet Woodside, up to the mouth.[1]

The Fortier river empties on the south-est bank of the Bécancour River (via William Lake) at the end of a peninsula which located north of Langlois Bay. This confluence is located 3.3 km north-west of the downtown of Saint-Ferdinand.

Toponymy

The term "Fortier" turns out to be a family name of French origin.

The toponym "rivière Fortier" was made official on August 17, 1978, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

References

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