Rivière du Loup (Chaudière River tributary)
Appearance
Rivière du Loup Old name: Rivière Linière | |
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Rivière du Loup | |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie, Chaudière-Appalaches |
MRC | Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Émilie |
• location | Saint-Robert-Bellarmin, (MRC) Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Québec |
• coordinates | 45°43′29″N 70°25′52″W / 45.72474°N 70.431118°W |
• elevation | 618 metres (2,028 ft) |
Mouth | Chaudière River |
• location | Sartigan |
• coordinates | 46°05′22″N 70°39′04″W / 46.08944°N 70.65111°W |
• elevation | 171 metres (561 ft) |
Length | 76.5 kilometres (47.5 mi) |
Basin size | 900 kilometres (559.23 mi) |
Discharge | |
• location | Rivière du Loup (station:023428 - Pont-route at Saint-Côme) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
River system | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) ruisseau Paquet, ruisseau Lestin, ruisseau Rochette, ruisseau Laplante, ruisseau Boutin, ruisseau Gilbert, ruisseau Poulin |
• right | (upstream) ruisseau Donocan, ruisseau Grenier, ruisseau Patrick, Vachon River, Metgermette River, ruisseau Moore, Wilson River, rivière du Portage, ruisseau Croche, ruisseau Oliva, Taschereau River, rivière du Monument, ruisseau Caouette, rivière Noire |
The rivière du Loup (in English: river of Wolf) is a tributary of the east bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River, in the region administrative office of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The rivière du Loup empties on the east bank of the Chaudière River at a place called Sartigan, near Saint-Georges. It is the most important tributary of the Chaudière River in the county of Beauce.[1]
Toponymy
[edit]The toponym Rivière du Loup was made official on February 28, 1980, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dictionary of rivers and lakes of the Province of Quebec, Department of lands and forests 1914 Eugène Rouillard, p. 87.
- ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: Rivière du Loup.