The Saint-Jean River (in French: rivière Saint-Jean) flows through the municipalities of Sainte-Louise (MRC of L'Islet Regional County Municipality), as well as Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth and La Pocatière, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, in Canada.[1]
| Saint-Jean River | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Native name | Rivière Saint-Jean (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| MRC | L'Islet Regional County Municipality, Kamouraska Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Litalien |
| • location | Sainte-Louise |
| • coordinates | 47°16′53″N 70°00′53″W / 47.28139°N 70.01472°W |
| • elevation | 291 metres (955 ft) |
| Mouth | St. Lawrence River |
• location | La Pocatière |
• coordinates | 47°23′44″N 70°02′38″W / 47.39555°N 70.04388°W |
• elevation | 4 metres (13 ft) |
| Length | 24.6 kilometres (15.3 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) ruisseau des Prairies, décharge du lac de la Traverse |
| • right | (upstream) ruisseau Dionne, ruisseau Guy-Lemieux, cours d'eau Bard-Drapeau, cours d'eau Chrétien, décharge du lac Ti-Pierre, cours d'eau Blanchet |
Toponymy
editThe toponym Rivière Saint-Jean was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Rivière Saint-Jean". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved December 27, 2018.