Sauvage River
Rivière Sauvage seen from the Highway 108 bridge looking east. The Mont Sainte-Cécile is in the background.
Native nameRivière Sauvage (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionEstrie
MRCLe Granit Regional County Municipality
MunicipalitySainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Saint-Romain
Physical characteristics
SourceBetween Lac de la Souris and Lac à la Sangsue
  locationSainte-Cécile-de-Whitton
  coordinates45°42′43″N 70°57′02″W / 45.711968°N 70.950488°W / 45.711968; -70.950488
  elevation513 m (1,683 ft)
MouthFelton River
  location
Saint-Romain
  coordinates
45°46′50″N 71°08′20″W / 45.78056°N 71.13889°W / 45.78056; -71.13889
  elevation
291 m (955 ft)
Length20.6 km (12.8 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSaint-François River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
  left(upstream) ruisseau au Castor, ruisseau de la Languette
  right(upstream) ruisseau Isabelle

The Sauvage River (in French: rivière Sauvage) is a tributary of the Felton River which flows into the Baie Sauvage to the south of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River.

The course of the Sauvage River crosses the territories of the municipalities of Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton and Saint-Romain, Le Granit Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes close to Sauvage River are:

The Sauvage River has its source in the municipality of Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, at the municipal limit with Lac-Drolet, which is separated by route 263. This head point of the river is located between "Lac à la Sangsue" (length: 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi)) and Lac de la Souris, in a small valley on the eastern slope of "Montagne de the Craque". This place is located west of lake Mégantic, south of Grand lac Saint François, north of Mont Sainte-Cécile, north of the village of Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton and southwest of route 263.

The Sauvage River generally flows in a forest area to the west. From "Lac à la Sangsue", the Sauvage river flows over:

  • 9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) north-west, then west, until the confluence with the Isabelle stream (coming from the north); in this segment, the course of the river bypasses "Montagne de la Craque" and runs along (on the south side) the route 263;
  • 0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi) towards the south-west, up to the confluence of the Castor stream (coming from the south-east);
  • 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) north-west, up to the confluence of the Languette stream (coming from the south);
  • 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) north-west, up to route 108 which it crosses at 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) south of the center the village of Saint-Romain;
  • 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) north-west, to its mouth.[1]

The Sauvage River empties on the east bank of the Felton River opposite the limit of Parc national de Frontenac, at 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) upstream from the mouth of the Felton River.

Toponymy

Formerly, this watercourse was designated "Indian river".

The toponym "Rivière Sauvage" was officially registered on April 4, 1979, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Rivière Sauvage.
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