The Cloutier river (''in French: rivière Cloutier'') flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton,

Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire () is a municipality of about 400 people in Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, south of Montmagny o ...

Cap-Saint-Ignace Cap-Saint-Ignace () is a municipality in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality within the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. It is located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, east of Quebec City on Route 132. Geogra ...

, in the

Montmagny Regional County Municipality Montmagny () is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Montmagny is the seat. Its neighbouring RCMs are Bellechasse, Les Etchemins, and L'Islet. This area was named after Charles de Montmag ...

, in the administrative region of

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the " Beauce" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachia ...

, in

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, in Canada. The Cloutier river is a tributary of the southwest shore of the Bras Saint-Nicolas, which flows on the southeast shore of the

rivière du Sud (Montmagny) The rivière du Sud (, "River of the South") is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, Armagh, Saint-Raphaël, Sai ...

; the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Cloutier river are: * north side:

, Bras Saint-Nicolas, Inconnue River; * east side: Bras Saint-Nicolas,

Méchant Pouce River The rivière Méchant Pouce (''in English: Bad Tumb River'') flows in the municipalities of Saint-Marcel (MRC of L'Islet Regional County Municipality) and Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton (MRC de Montmagny Regional County Municipality), in the administ ...

; * south side:

Fraser River The Fraser River () is the longest river within British Columbia, Canada, rising at Fraser Pass near Blackrock Mountain (Canada), Blackrock Mountain in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for , into the Strait of Georgia just south of the City of V ...

Alick River The Alick River (''in French: rivière Alick'') crosses the municipalities of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy and Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Québec, i ...

; * west side: rivière des Perdrix,

. The Cloutier river "has its source on the northern slope of the

Notre Dame Mountains The Notre Dame Mountains are a portion of the Appalachian Mountains, extending from the Gaspé Peninsula of Quebec to the Green Mountains (Vermont), Green Mountains of Vermont. The range runs from northeast to southwest, forming the southern ed ...

, in the municipality of Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton. Several branches of mountain and forest streams feed the head of the Cloutier river. From its source, the Cloutier river flows over , with a drop of , divided into the following segments: * towards the north by pronouncing a curve towards the west, in Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton, to the limit of

; * northward, up to the limit of the townships of Ashburton (Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire) and Bourdages (Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton); * northeasterly, up to the limit between Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton and

; * by forming a loop towards the north in Cap-Saint-Ignace, up to the limit of Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton; * northeasterly, up to its confluence. The Cloutier river flows on the southwest bank of the Bras Saint-Nicolas. This confluence is located upstream of the "Great lock" and downstream of the mouth of the

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Cloutier was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to th ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: Rivière Cloutier

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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