| Beaurivage River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Administrative region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Subdivision Type4: | RCM |
| Subdivision Name4: | Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality, La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Lévis (a city). |
| Source1: | Lake Beaurivage |
| Source1 Location: | Saint-Sévérin |
| Mouth: | Chaudière River |
| Mouth Location: | Saint-Sylvestre |
| Progression: | Chaudière River, St. Lawrence |
| Basin Size: | 750km (470miles) |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) Le Canal, ruisseau Brise-Fer, Noire River, rivière aux Pins, cours d'eau Lafleur, ruisseau Fraser, ruisseau Gagné, ruisseau Goulet, ruisseau Martin, ruisseau Roger, Filkars River, Bras des Chutes, ruisseau Saint-Jean, cours d'eau Laplante, ruisseau Fermanagh, ruisseau ?, ruisseau du Troisième Rang (décharge du lac Pelchat). |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) ruisseau Boucher, ruisseau Dubois, ruisseau Béland, Cugnet River, Bras d'Henri, décharge de cinq petits lacs, ruisseau Belfast Ouest, ruisseau ?, cours d'eau des Aulnaies, ruisseau ?, décharge de deux petits lacs. |
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:
The Beaurivage River is a river in Quebec that flows from Thetford Mines and empties in the Chaudière River, near Saint-Romuald, Quebec. It is a body of water mostly known for its annual canoe race beginning at Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Quebec and finishing at Saint-Gilles, Quebec.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Beaurivage river are:
The Beaurivage river is a river of Quebec, whose sources begin on the heights which crown the township of Broughton, (MRC Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality), in the part East of the municipality of Saint-Sylvestre, almost at the limit of Saint-Séverin. This head area is located east of Mont Handkerchief, south-east of Mont Sainte-Marguerite, south of Mont Saint-André and west of the village of Saint-Séverin.
Its course crosses several marshy sectors and draws many meanders. It receives the Bras d'Henri at the height of Saint-Gilles, then makes a bend in an easterly direction, which allows it to water Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon and join the Chaudière River a few kilometers before the falls, near Saint-Rédempteur.
About long, the Beaurivage drains a basin of some 750km (470miles).[1]
The name of the river and its use merge with that of the seigneury of Saint-Gilles or of Beaurivage granted in 1738 to Gilles Rageot, sieur de Beaurivage. Several parishes and municipalities have retained, officially or in custom, the name of the river in their designation: Saint-Séverin, Saint-Gilles-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, Saint-Sylvestre-de-Beaurivage.[2]
The toponym Rivière Beaurivage was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]