The rivière des Orignaux (in English: Mooses River) crosses the municipality of Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Rivière des Orignaux
Old name:"Ruisseau des Pointes"
Rivière des Orignaux is located in Quebec
Rivière des Orignaux
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCBellechasse Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceMountain stream
 • locationNotre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
 • coordinates46°36′07″N 70°35′36″W / 46.601903°N 70.593336°W / 46.601903; -70.593336
 • elevation399 metres (1,309 ft)
MouthRivière de la Fourche
 • location
Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland
 • coordinates
46°38′36″N 70°32′43″W / 46.64333°N 70.54528°W / 46.64333; -70.54528
 • elevation
336 metres (1,102 ft)
Length9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionRivière de la Fourche, rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream)
 • right(upstream)

Rivière des Orignaux is a tributary of the southwest bank of the rivière de la Fourche, which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows northwest, then northeast to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Geography

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The main neighboring watersheds of the Des Orignaux river are:

The Rivière des Orignaux has its source in the township of Buckland, in the municipality of Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality. The surrounding mountains are part of the Notre Dame Mountains chain.

From its source, the Rivière des Orignaux flows on 9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) at the bottom of a valley, divided into the following segments:

  • 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) northeasterly in Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, to chemin du rang Saint-Roch (route 279);
  • 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) northeasterly, to rang Ville-Marie road;
  • 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) towards the northeast, up to its confluence.

The confluence of the Rivière des Orignaux is located on the southwest bank of the Forks River, in the township of Buckland. This confluence is located at 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) north of Buckland, 10.6 kilometres (6.6 mi) south of rivière du Sud (Montmagny) and at 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of route 216.[1]

Toponymy

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The toponym “rivière des Orignaux” was made official on September 11, 1987, 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 2021-01-07. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: "rivière des Orignaux".