Boivin River Explained

Boivin
Map:	Harricana map.png
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Canada
Subdivision Type2:	Province
Subdivision Name2:	Ontario
Subdivision Type3:	Region
Subdivision Name3:	Nord-du-Québec
Source1 Location:	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), Quebec
Source1 Coordinates:	49.2697°N -79.3344°W
Mouth:	Turgeon River
Mouth Location:	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), Nord-du-Québec, Quebec
Mouth Coordinates:	49.4586°N -79.5217°W
Mouth Elevation:	276m (906feet)

The Boivin River is a tributary of the Turgeon River, flowing in the municipality of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The hydrographic slopes near the Boivin River are:

• North side: Turgeon River;
• East side: Hal Creek, Turgeon River;
• South side: South River, La Sarre River;
• West side: Patten River (Ontario).

The Boivin River has its source in the southeastern part of the township of Perron. The river crosses this township in the north direction and part of the canton of Boivin, in the lower part of its course. In its northbound segment, this Quebec river flows parallel to the Ontario border at a distance of between and .

The upper part of the river has three branches that merge to the southwest of the village of Val-Paradis, Quebec:

• The first designated "Tremblay watercourse" is long coming from the southeast and draining between the 5th and the 9th rank. In particular, it drains two marsh areas;
• the second designated "Lavoie stream" has two sub-branches coming from the west, namely the Imbeau lake discharge (altitude:) and Oloron Lake (altitude:); and the second is the Domena lake (altitude:) and Pajegasque lake (altitude:). The resort is developed around Lake Pajegasque (diameter:) which is served by the path of the 4th and 5th ranks. The upper Lavoie River area is located north of the village of Normetal, Quebec, northeast of the Méloizes River. The Lavoie stream originates from a swamp zone (altitude:) located north of Chemin du Parallel, which delimits the administrative regions Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality). From this zone, this stream flows north to the Pejegasque Lake outlet; then northerly to the junction from the west;
• The third comes from the west, draining the lands of 10th rank and 1st rank. In the upper part, two sub-branches (from the north and from the south) converge; then the current of this branch runs for east of the 10th-1st range and east to join the Boivin River southwest of the village of Val-Paradis, Quebec.

From the confluence of the 3rd branch, the Boivin River flows to the north, to road 393 (10th-1st range), which goes to west of the village center of Val-Paradis, Quebec). From this road, the Boivin River flows for in the forest zone, to its mouth which empties on the west bank of the Turgeon River. The Boivin River is the main tributary of Quebec's Turgeon River, which empties into the Harricana River; and it spills over the southern shores of James Bay, in Ontario. The Boivin River is the main Quebec tributary of Turgeon River.

Toponymy

The toponym "Boivin River" and the "township of Boivin" are interrelated. Located north-northwest of La Sarre, Quebec, the township of Boivin is bounded on the west by the provincial border of Quebec and Ontario. This toponym evokes the work of life of Georges-Henri Boivin (1882–1926), Member of Parliament for Shefford County at the House of Commons, at the Canadian Parliament, from 1911 to 1926. He practiced the office of Minister of Customs and Excise in 1925. The canton of Boivin was proclaimed in 1940.

The toponym Boivin River was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Quebec.^[1]

See also

• Turgeon River, a watercourse
• Harricana River, a watercourse
• James Bay
• Eeyou Istchee James Bay (Municipality)
• List of rivers of Quebec

Notes and References

1. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=6746 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Wawagosic River"