| Fouquette River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
| Subdivision Name4: | Kamouraska Regional County Municipality |
| Source1: | Agricultural streams |
| Source1 Location: | Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska |
| Mouth: | St. Lawrence River |
| Mouth Location: | Saint-André-de-Kamouraska |
| Progression: | Kamouraska River, St. Lawrence River |
| Basin Size: | NaNkm (-2,147,483,648miles) |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) Cours d'eau Soucy-Lapointe |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) Ruisseau Turgeon |
The Fouquette river (in French: rivière Fouquette) is a tributary of the southern coast of the St. Lawrence River where it flows in front of the "Les Pèlerins" islands, in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska. This river flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Saint-André-de-Kamouraska and Saint-Alexandre, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Fouquette River has its source in an agricultural area located south-east of the south-eastern coast of the estuary of Saint Lawrence, south-east of the village center from Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska and southeast of highway 20.
From its source, the Fouquette River flows for, divided into the following segments:
The confluence of the Fouquette river is located on a long shore at low tide, at the foot of "La Grosse Montagne", northeast of the center of the village of Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, to the west of the center of the village of Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska and west of the junction of exit 488 of highway 20.[1]
The term “Fouquette” constitutes a surname of French origin.
The toponym “Rivière Fouquette” was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]