The Rivière aux Pins is a tributary of the
Beaurivage River
The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River.
The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of:
* MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...
which is a tributary of the west bank of the
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River (; French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Western Abenaki, Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the ...
(slope of the south bank of the
Saint 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. Lawrenc ...
). It flows in the municipalities of
Saint-Agapit and
Saint-Gilles in the
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Lotbinière () is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2016 Canadian census, the RCM had a population of 31,7 ...
, 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
Quebec
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, in
Canada
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.
Geography
The main
watersheds neighbors of the Rivière aux Pins are:
* north side:
Rouge river,
Noire River,
Aulneuse River,
Beaurivage River
The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River.
The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of:
* MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...
;
* east side:
Beaurivage River
The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River.
The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of:
* MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...
,
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River (; French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Western Abenaki, Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the ...
;
* south side:
Henri RIver,
Beaurivage River
The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River.
The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of:
* MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...
;
* west side:
rivière du Loup (Chaudière),
Henri River,
Rivière aux Cèdres
The rivière aux Cèdres (''in English: Cedar River'') is a tributary of the east bank of the Henri River whose current flows successively into the rivière du Chêne and on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
The Cedars River flows th ...
.
The Rivière aux Pins rises in the municipality of
Saint-Gilles, on the boundary with the municipality of
Dosquet. This head area is located west of
route 116, northeast of the center of the village of
Dosquet and southwest of village of
Saint-Agapit.
From its source, the Rivière aux Pins flows over 19.4 km divided into the following segments:
* 0.6 km east, to
route 116;
* 3.0 km east to the municipal limit of
Saint-Gilles;
* 2.1 km north-east, in
Saint-Gilles, parallel (on the south-east side) to the municipal limit of
Saint-Agapit;
* 2.0 km north-east, to the road which it cuts 0.6 km north-west of the center of the village of
Saint-Agapit;
* 5.7 km north-east, in
Saint-Agapit, to the limit of
Saint-Gilles;
* 0.8 km north-east, in
Saint-Gilles crossing
route 273, to the limit of
Saint-Agapit;
* 1.0 km northeasterly, to the limit of
Saint-Gilles;
* 3.9 km to the northeast, collecting the Laflamme stream (coming from the southwest) and the Rivière du Loup (coming from the west), to
route 269;
* 0.3 km east, to its confluence.
The Rivière aux Pins flows on the west bank of the
Beaurivage River
The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River.
The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of:
* MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...
south of the hamlet Pointe-Saint-Gilles, in
Saint-Gilles.
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière aux Pins 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 - Toponym: Rivière aux Pins
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See also
* 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 ...
Notes and references
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Rivers of Chaudière-Appalaches
Lotbinière Regional County Municipality