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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Larochelle River

The Larochelle River (in French: rivière Larochelle) is a tributary of the Bécancour River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Julien and Irlande, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Larochelle river are:

The Larochelle River has its source in the mountains, 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) west at the village of Saint-Julien, 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) northeast of the village of Saint-Fortunat and 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi) northwest of the village of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown.

From its head, the Larochelle river flows over 15.7 kilometres (9.8 mi) divided into the following segments:

  • 0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi) towards the south-east, in the municipality of Saint-Julien, to a forest road;
  • 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) north-east, up to the road;
  • 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) north, to the west 2e rang road;
  • 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) north, up to the hamlet "Le Cent-Ans" bridge;
  • 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) north, to the hamlet bridge "Maple Grove";
  • 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) eastward, up to its confluence.

The Larochelle river empties on the west bank of the Bécancour River. This confluence is located 1.1 east of the hamlet "Maple Grove", 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) upstream from "Lac à la Truite" and 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) in upstream of William Lake.

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Larochelle" was made official on August 17, 1978, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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 2021-01-02.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "rivière Larochelle".