Blanche River (Bulstrode River tributary)

The Blanche River (in French: rivière Blanche) is a tributary of the Bulstrode River whose current flows successively into the Nicolet River and St. Lawrence River. The Blanche river flows in the town of Victoriaville and in the municipality of Saint-Valère, in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in province of Quebec, in Canada.

Blanche River
Blanche River (Bulstrode River tributary) is located in Quebec
Blanche River (Bulstrode River tributary)
Native nameRivière Blanche (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
MRCArthabaska Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceVarious agricultural streams
 • locationVictoriaville
 • coordinates46°04′11″N 72°00′52″W / 46.069588°N 72.014348°W / 46.069588; -72.014348
 • elevation130 m (430 ft)
MouthBulstrode River
 • location
Saint-Valère
 • coordinates
46°03′53″N 72°06′05″W / 46.06472°N 72.10139°W / 46.06472; -72.10139
 • elevation
97 m (318 ft)
Length9.2 km (5.7 mi)
Basin features
River systemNicolet River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream)
 • right(upstream)

Geography

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The neighboring geographic slopes of the Blanche River are:

The Blanche river takes its source from various agricultural streams, in an agricultural zone of the Courtois range, located north of the hamlet "Place-Béréli", north-east of Saint-Albert, southwest of the town of Victoriaville and north of the Nicolet River.

From its head area, the river flows on 9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi) in the following segments:

  • 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southwesterly, to the second crossing of route 122;
  • 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) towards the north-west, to its mouth.[1]

The Blanche river flows on the south bank of the Bulstrode River, in front of the village of Saint-Valère and downstream of Victoriaville.

Toponymy

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The toponym "rivière Blanche" was made official on July 4, 1980, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada". Retrieved December 30, 2020. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Rivière Blanche".