Tartigou River

The Tartigou River is a watercourse over 45 kilometres (28 mi) long in the Matapedia Valley in Quebec, Canada. Its origin lies in the Bon-Dieu Lake in Saint-Moïse, while its mouth is on the Saint Lawrence in Baie-des-Sables.

Tartigou River
Tartigou river in Métis-sur-Mer.
Native nameRivière Tartigou (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBon-Dieu Lake
 • coordinates48°30′12″N 67°53′46″W[1]
Mouth 
 • location
Baie-des-Sables, Saint Lawrence River
 • coordinates
48°45′19″N 67°47′41″W[2]
Length45 km (28 mi)[2]

Etymology

The name Tartigou comes from a transcription of the Mi'kmaq word tlagatigotj. Tartig means "river of the little colony" or "little river of the colony."[2]

Geography

The Tartigou River takes its water from the Matapedia Valley in the Bas-Saint-Laurent administrative region of the Gaspé Peninsula. It travels 10 kilometres (6 mi) northeast to Saint-Noël before turning to the west to follow a railroad for 5 kilometres (3 mi). Then, the river changes again to a northeast course until it reaches the Saint Lawrence River in Baie-des-Sables, also located in Bas-Saint-Laurent.[2]

References
  1. "Reference number 127814 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  2. "Reference number 61763 in Banque de noms de lieux du Québec". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec.


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