Blanche River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Centre-du-Québec |
Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Arthabaska |
Length: | 10.5km (06.5miles) |
Source1: | Mountain streams |
Source1 Location: | Chesterville |
Source1 Coordinates: | 45.9894°N -71.7774°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 473m (1,552feet) |
Mouth: | Nicolet River |
Mouth Location: | Chesterville |
Mouth Coordinates: | 45.9297°N -71.792°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 173m (568feet) |
Progression: | Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) Cours d'eau Hamel |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The Blanche river (in French: rivière Blanche) is a tributary of the Nicolet River which flows on the south shore of the St. Lawrence river. The Blanche river flows entirely in the municipality of Chesterville, in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the Centre-du-Québec region, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Blanche River are:
The "Blanche River" has its source in the mountainous area at northeast of the village of Chesterville in the municipality of Chesterville and at to the southwest of the limit of the Municipality of Sainte-Hélène-de-Chester. It flows over according to the following segmentsː
The Blanche river flows on the east bank of the Nicolet River in the hamlet "Domaine-de-la-Halte", at (in direct line) to the south-east of center of the village of Chesterville, at downstream of the municipal limit of Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick and at at north-west of the village of Ham-Nord.
The toponym "rivière Blanche" was made official on September 5, 1985, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]