The Wessonneau River flows north-east in the Mekinac Regional County Municipality in

Mauricie Mauricie () is a traditional and current administrative region of Quebec. La Mauricie National Park is contained within the region, making tourism in Mauricie popular. The region has a land area of 35,860.05 km2 (13,845.64 sq mi) and a popu ...

, in

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, in

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, on the west bank of the

Saint-Maurice River The Saint-Maurice River (, ; ) is one of the main tributaries of the St. Lawrence River, after the Ottawa River, Ottawa and the Saguenay River, Saguenay Rivers and drains an area of 42,735 km2. It touches the Lac Saint-Jean, Lake Saint John waters ...

. The watershed of the river is administered by: * Zec Wessonneau for the northern part of the basin; * Zec Chapeau-de-Paille and Zec du Gros-Brochet, which are located in the western part of the watershed; *

Wildlife Reserve of Saint-Maurice Wildlife refers to undomesticated animals and uncultivated plant species which can exist in their natural habitat, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wild in an area without being introduced by humans. Wildlife was also ...

, south of the river Wessonneau.

Geography

From the southwest, the river empties into the

at 500 meters downstream from the "Rivière-aux-Rats" bridge, built in 1980 to span the

. Its mouth is located at the opposite of the hamlet "Rivière-aux-Rats", which is on the east side of

, at 29.5 km ( by Route 155) south of Downtown

La Tuque La Tuque ( , , ) is a city located in north-central Quebec, Canada, on the Saint-Maurice River, between Trois-Rivières and Chambord. The population was 11,129 at the 2021 Canadian census, most of which live within the urban area. At over , i ...

. The altitude of the water at the confluence is 121 m. In its watershed, highest mountainous peak reaches up to 381 m. The mouth of the Wessonneau North River empties into the river Wessonneau about 10.2 km from the mouth of the latter. While the mouth of the "middle Wessonneau River" empties into the Wessonnneau North River about 5.3 km from the mouth of the latter. From the bridge of the "Rivière aux rats", a fork in the road heads west along the route of the river Wessonneau by the north shore. From the bridge, on three kilometers high mountains are bordering the north side of the road. Forestry was the main economic factor in this sector.

Toponymy

The name "River Wessonneau" was already in use in the nineteenth century. The origin of the name is not yet established. Wesson turns to be a surname of English origin family. This term is found in the names of several American companies, highlighting the surname of one of the founding family ou main owner. The name "River Wessonneau " was officially registered on December 5, 1968 in the Bank of place names in

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 ...

(Geographical Names Board of Québec).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wessonneau river Rivers of Mauricie Landforms of La Tuque, Quebec Mékinac Regional County Municipality Tributaries of the Saint-Maurice River

Geography

Toponymy

See also

References