The Missisquoi North River is a tributary of the
Missisquoi River
The Missisquoi River is a transboundary river of the east shore of Lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), approximately long, in northern Vermont in the United States and southern Quebec in Canada.
It drains a rural area of the northern Green Moun ...
. The Missisquoi North River flows through the municipalities of
Eastman,
Stukely-Sud,
Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton,
Bolton-Est,
Mansonville and
Potton, in the
Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of
Estrie
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, in
Quebec
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, in
Canada
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Geography
The main hydrographic slopes near the Missisquoi North river are:
* North side:
Yamaska River
The Yamaska River (, ) is a Drainage basin, river in southern Quebec, Canada.
Sourcing water within the Eastern Townships, it ends its journey in Lake Saint Pierre, Lake Saint-Pierre where it is a tributary to the Saint Lawrence River; altoget ...
,
Noire River (Yamaska River);
* East side: Étang stream, Brulé stream, Province Hill stream,
Lake Memphremagog
Lake Memphremagog (; , ) is a fresh water glacial lake located between Newport (city), Vermont, Newport, Vermont, United States and Magog, Quebec, Canada. The lake spans both Quebec and Vermont, but is mostly in Quebec. Most of the watershed th ...
;
* South side:
Missisquoi River
The Missisquoi River is a transboundary river of the east shore of Lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), approximately long, in northern Vermont in the United States and southern Quebec in Canada.
It drains a rural area of the northern Green Moun ...
;
* West side:
Missisquoi River
The Missisquoi River is a transboundary river of the east shore of Lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), approximately long, in northern Vermont in the United States and southern Quebec in Canada.
It drains a rural area of the northern Green Moun ...
.
Upper river course
The Missisquoi North River originates west of
Lake Stukely and south of
North Stukely. Two streams (coming from the north and the northwest) flow into Parker Lake (altitude: ). Then the current descends on to the north shore of Lac d'Argent (length: ; altitude: ) that the current crosses south over its full length; this lake flows into the North Missisquoi river by a small bay south of the lake.
From this bay, the North Missisquoi River flows for south to the northeast shore of Trousers Lake (altitude: ) that the current crosses towards the southwest on . This lake is fed by "Long Pond Lake" (length: ; altitude: ) which flows onto the east shore of Trousers Lake.
River course downstream of Trousers Lake (segment of )
From Trousers Lake, the river flows on:
* south to the outlet (coming from the north) of Étang Grass;
* south by collecting the discharge from the
Petite rivière Missisquoi Nord (coming form North) to the outlet (from the east) of the Étang Olive;
* south to the Nicolas-Austin road bridge at
Bolton-Est;
* south to Ives stream (coming from the west);
* south to the outlet (from the east) of Johnson Pond;
* south to West Field Creek (coming from the west);
* (or in a direct line) towards the south by snaking to the Étang stream (coming from the east);
* (or in a direct line) towards the south by winding up to the bridge of
Mansonville;
* (or in a direct line) towards the southwest by winding up to its mouth.
The Missisquoi River North flows on the north bank of the
Missisquoi River
The Missisquoi River is a transboundary river of the east shore of Lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), approximately long, in northern Vermont in the United States and southern Quebec in Canada.
It drains a rural area of the northern Green Moun ...
in the municipality of
Potton, opposite the hamlet of Highwater.
Toponymy
The term "missisquoi" in Abenaki means "multitudes of water birds", which takes on this river all its meaning.
The toponym "Rivière Missisquoi Nord" 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 - Bank of Place Names - Missisquoi North River
External links
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Notes and references
See also
* Potton, a municipality
* Mansonville, a municipality
* Bolton-Est, a municipality
* Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton, a municipality
* Stukely-Sud, a municipality
* Eastman, a municipality
* Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality
* Missisquoi River
The Missisquoi River is a transboundary river of the east shore of Lake Champlain (via Missisquoi Bay), approximately long, in northern Vermont in the United States and southern Quebec in Canada.
It drains a rural area of the northern Green Moun ...
, a stream
* Petite rivière Missisquoi Nord, a stream
* List of rivers of Quebec
This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about:
*One million lakes, of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes;
*15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 313 ...
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Rivers of Estrie