Grande Rivière (Ouelle River tributary)

The Grande Rivière (in English: Grand River) is a tributary of the Ouelle River which flows on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

Grande Rivière
Grande Rivière (Ouelle River tributary) is located in Quebec
Grande Rivière (Ouelle River tributary)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent
MRCKamouraska Regional County Municipality, L'Islet Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceLake Fournier
  locationSainte-Perpétue
  coordinates47.11610°N 69.87767°W / 47.11610; -69.87767
  elevation345 metres (1,132 ft)
MouthOuelle River
  location
Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant
  coordinates
47.35083°N 69.92861°W / 47.35083; -69.92861
  elevation
127 metres (417 ft)
Length32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(upstream)
  right(upstream) Chaude River, Sainte-Anne River, rivière du Rat Musqué

The Grande Rivière flows successively in the regional county municipalities (MRC) of:

Geography

The Grande Rivière has its source at Fournier Lake (length: 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi); altitude: 345 metres (1,132 ft)) which is located in the municipality of Sainte-Perpétue in the heart of the Notre Dame Mountains. This spring is located at 31.6 kilometres (19.6 mi) southeast of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, at 7.1 kilometres (4.4 mi) northeast of the village center from Sainte-Perpétue and at 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) south of the center of the village of Tourville.[1]

From its source, the Grande Rivière flows over 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi) in forest areas, divided into the following segments:

Upper part of the Grande Rivière (segment of 18.5 kilometres (11.5 mi))

Lower part of the Grande Rivière (segment of 14.0 kilometres (8.7 mi))

The confluence of the river is located in the municipality of Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant, very close to the limit of Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth. This confluence is 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south of the center of the village of Saint-Gabriel-de-Kamouraska, 8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) east of the center of the village of La Pocatière, at 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) south of the center of the village of Saint-Pacôme. This confluence is located 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) upstream of the Chemin du Village bridge, in the hamlet of Canton-des-Roches.[1]

The Grande Rivière is canoeable.

Toponymy

The toponym La Grande Rivière was made official on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

References

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