The Fourchette River (in French: rivière Fourchette) is a tributary of the Filkars River whose current flows successively into the Beaurivage River, the west bank of the Chaudière River and the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.

Fourchette River
Fourchette River is located in Quebec
Fourchette River
Native nameRivière Fourchette (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Administrative regionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLotbinière Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceMountain streams
 • locationSaint-Sylvestre
 • coordinates46°22′38″N 71°12′34″W / 46.377336°N 71.209398°W / 46.377336; -71.209398
 • elevation279 metres (915 ft)
MouthFilkars River
 • location
Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage)
 • coordinates
46°24′17″N 71°17′50″W / 46.40472°N 71.29722°W / 46.40472; -71.29722
 • elevation
156 metres (512 ft)
Length19.9 kilometres (12.4 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionFilkars River, Beaurivage River, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream)
 • right(upstream)

The Fourchette river flows through the municipalities of Saint-Sylvestre and Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Québec, in Canada.

Geography

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The main neighboring watersheds of the Fourchette river are:

The Fourchette River has its source in the municipality of Saint-Sylvestre, at 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeast of the village center. This headland is located north of route 216, 7.1 kilometres (4.4 mi) north of the summit of Mount Handkerchief and 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) south-east of the center of the village of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage.

From its source located in Saint-Sylvestre, the Fourchette River flows on 19.9 kilometres (12.4 mi) divided into the following segments:

The Fourchette river empties on the south bank of the Filkars River in the municipality of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage. This confluence is located 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) upstream from the confluence of the Filkars River and 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) upstream from the "Route du Petit Lac" road.

Toponymy

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The toponym "rivière Fourchette" was made official on August 8, 1977, 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 – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Rivière Fourchette".