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| Rivière de la Fourche | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| MRC | Bellechasse Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Confluence of the rivière des Mornes, Milieu stream and Beaudoin stream |
| • location | Saint-Philémon |
| • coordinates | 46°37′47″N 70°28′00″W / 46.629861°N 70.46654°W / 46.629861; -70.46654 |
| • elevation | 437 metres (1,434 ft) |
| Mouth | Rivière du Sud (Montmagny) |
| • location | Armagh |
| • coordinates | 46°43′52″N 70°33′28″W / 46.73111°N 70.55778°W / 46.73111; -70.55778 |
| • elevation | 256 metres (840 ft) |
| Length | 29.1 kilometres (18.1 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) ruisseau Chabot, ruisseau Théberge, ruisseau du Sud, rivière des Orignaux. |
| • right | (upstream) cours d'eau Goulet, cours d'eau du rang Taché Ouest, ruisseau de la Grillade. |
The rivière de la Fourche (in English: river of the Fork) crosses the municipality of Saint-Philémon (MRC Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality), as well as Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland and Armagh, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada .
The Fourche River is a tributary of the south shore of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny) which flows north-west, then north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
Toponymy
The Fourche river takes its name from the fact that the three head waterways (rivière des Orignaux, brook of Milieu and brook Beaudoin) converge together, forming a fork on the maps geographical areas, the handle of which points to the north-west.
The toponym “rivière de la Fourche” was made official on September 11, 1987, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
See also
References
- ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: "rivière de la Fourche".
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