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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Vallée River

The Vallée River (in French: rivière Vallée) is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Elzéar and Siante-Marie-de-Beauce, in the La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Vallée river are:

The Vallée river has its source in a mountainous area, in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar. This head area is located 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) west of the center of the village of Saint-Elzéar, at 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) west of Chaudière River and 8.0 kilometres (5.0 mi) northeast of Mont-Sainte-Marguerite.

From its source, the Vallée River flows over 9.8 kilometres (6.1 mi) in agricultural and forest areas, divided into the following segments:

  • 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north, in Saint-Elzéar, to a country road;
  • 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) north, up to the route du rang du Bas Saint-Jacques;
  • 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) northeasterly, up to the municipal limit of Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce;
  • 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) north-east, crossing route 171, up to its confluence.

The Vallée river empties on the west bank of the Chaudière River, in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce. This confluence is located 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) upstream from Île Perreault, 4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi) downstream from the bridge in the village of Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce and 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) upstream of the Scott bridge.

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Vallée was formalized on August 8, 1977, 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 2021-01-05.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "rivière Vallée".