White River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Estrie |
Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
Subdivision Name4: | Le Granit Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Milan, Nantes, MStornoway, Saint-Romain |
Length: | 31.5km (19.6miles) |
Source1: | Various streams |
Source1 Location: | Milan |
Source1 Coordinates: | 45.5873°N -71.1568°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 498m (1,634feet) |
Mouth: | Felton River |
Mouth Location: | Saint-Romain |
Mouth Coordinates: | 45.6959°N -71.096°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 361m (1,184feet) |
Progression: | Saint-François River, St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
Country: | Canada |
The Blanche river (in French: rivière Blanche) is a tributary of the Felton River which flows into the Baie Sauvage to the south of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River.
The course of the "Blanche River" crosses the territories of the municipalities of Milan, Nantes, Stornoway and Saint-Romain, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, on the Rive-South of the St. Lawrence River, in the province of Quebec, Canada.
The main hydrographic slopes close to the "Blanche river" are:
The Blanche River originates north of the village of Milan, on the north side of route 214.
The Blanche river flows over:
The Blanche River empties at the confluence of the Noire River which is the start of the Felton River.
The toponym "rivière Blanche" was officially registered on December 18, 1979, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]