Fraser River
Fraser River (rivière du Sud tributary) is located in Quebec
Fraser River (rivière du Sud tributary)
Native nameRivière Fraser (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCMontmagny Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceMountain and forest stream
  locationSaint-Paul-de-Montminy
  coordinates46°43′58″N 70°17′26″W / 46.732774°N 70.290532°W / 46.732774; -70.290532
  elevation643 metres (2,110 ft)
MouthAlick River
  location
Saint-Paul-de-Montminy
  coordinates
46°47′01″N 70°22′45″W / 46.78361°N 70.37917°W / 46.78361; -70.37917
  elevation
382 metres (1,253 ft)
Length13.6 kilometres (8.5 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionRivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
  left(upstream)
  right(upstream) Cours d'eau Blais

The Fraser River (in French: rivière Fraser) crosses the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

The confluence of the Moulin river constitutes the source of the Alick River which flows on the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter first flows southwest, then northeast to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Moulin river are ː

  • north side: Alick River, Dominique stream;
  • east side: rivière des Cèdres, Noire North-West River;
  • south side: Gabriel River;
  • west side: rivière du Pin.[1]

The river of the Moulin takes its source from a small lake on the northern slope of a mountain of Notre Dame Mountains, in the fifth rang, north of the village of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy. This source is located on the east side of route 283 and 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the center of the village of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy.[1]

From its source, the Moulin river "flows over 13.6 kilometres (8.5 mi) according to the following segments:

  • 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) north, then west, to the fifth rang road;
  • 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) west, to Highway 283 South;
  • 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) north-west, crossing route 216 and along 2e rang road (on the west side), to the path of third rang;
  • 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) north-west, up to the first rang road;
  • 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi), up to its confluence which also constitutes the confluence of the Dominique stream. These two confluences form the source of the Alick River.[1]

The confluence of the Moulin River "is located almost at the limit of the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire and Saint-Paul-de-Montminy. This confluence is located at 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) south of the center of the village of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, at 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) east of the village of Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud and 7.1 kilometres (4.4 mi) north of the center of the village of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy.[1]

Toponymy

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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada". Retrieved 2021-01-07. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: Rivière du Moulin.
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