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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Rivière à La Fourche (Champlain River Tributary)

The rivière à la Fourche (English: Fork River) is a tributary of the northwest bank of the Champlain River, flowing on the east side of the Saint-Maurice River and on the north side of the St. Lawrence River, in the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in province of Quebec, in Canada.

The course of the “Fourche river” crosses the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Saint-Narcisse, Saint-Maurice, Quebec and Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. This river is part of the hydrographic side of the Champlain River which generally winds north-east, then south-east, to the north shore of the St. Lawrence River.

The course of the Fourche River crosses forest and agricultural areas discontinuously. The river surface is generally frozen from mid-December until the end of March.

Geography

The “Fourche River” has its source in the eastern part of Plé de Saint-Narcisse, in the northeast area of the municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel. The southern zone of this wetland is drained by the Rivière au Lard (Les Chenaux), the eastern zone by the rivière aux Rouilles and the northern zone by the rivière des Chutes and the Turtle River (via the Lac à la Tortue).

From Plé de Saint-Narcisse, the Fourche River flows over 21.5 kilometres (13.4 mi), according to the following segments:

The “Fourche River” flows on the northwest bank of the Champlain River in the municipality of Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes.

The confluence of the “Fourche river” is located at:

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière à la Fourche" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

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See also

References

  1. ^ Segments of the river measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) from the Department of Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Rivière à la Fourche"
  3. ^ Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable Québec (8 May 2023). "Inventaire et inspection des structures" (aspx). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. ^ Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable Québec (8 May 2023). "Inventaire et inspection des structures" (aspx). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  5. ^ Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité durable Québec (8 May 2023). "Inventaire et inspection des structures" (aspx). Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  6. ^ OpenStreetMap. "Relation : Rivière à la Fourche (10829377)" (png). Retrieved 10 May 2023.