The rivière des Perdrix flows in the municipalities of

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 ...

and Montmagny, 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

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, in Canada. The Rivière des Perdrix is a tributary of the south bank of the

Bras Saint-Nicolas The Bras Saint-Nicolas (''in English: Saint-Nicolas Arm'') is a tributary of the south-eastern bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny), which flows north-east to the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. The Bras Saint-Nicolas flows in the munici ...

, which flows on the southeast bank 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 Perdrix river are: * north side:

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

. The Perdrix River has its source on the northern slope of the "Maple Mountain", 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

. Several branches of mountain and forest streams feed the head of the Perdrix River. From its source, the Perdrix River flows over , divided into the following segments: * north-east in Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, to the confluence of a stream branch (coming from the south); * northward, up to the confluence of the Inconnue River (coming from the south-east); * north, to the limit between Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire and

; * north, up to Chemin des Érables-Ouest; * west, crossing the route des Pommiers, to Chemin Bellevue-Ouest; * west, to the limit between Cap-Saint-Ignace and Montmagny; * west, to highway 20; * north, up to its confluence. Rivière des Perdrix flows on the south shore of

. This confluence is located from the south shore of

, at downstream of the limit between Cap-Saint-Ignace and Montmagny, as well as upstream of the railway bridge that crosses the town of Montmagny.

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière des Perdrix 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 des Perdrix

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References