| Françoise River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Côte-Nord |
| Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
| Subdivision Name4: | Manicouagan Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Unorganized territory |
| Subdivision Name5: | Rivière-aux-Outardes |
| Length: | 11.1km (06.9miles) |
| Source1: | Unidentified lake |
| Source1 Location: | Rivière-aux-Outardes |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 49.5719°N -68.1553°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 441m (1,447feet) |
| Mouth: | Rivière aux Anglais |
| Mouth Location: | Rivière-aux-Outardes |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 49.5097°N -68.2353°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 259m (850feet) |
| Progression: | Rivière aux Anglais, Baie des Anglais |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) stream, discharge from three lakes, three discharge from lakes. |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) stream, discharge from a small lake. |
The Françoise river is a tributary of the rivière aux Anglais flowing in the unorganized territory Rivière-aux-Outardes, in the Manicouagan Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Côte-Nord, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Françoise river valley is mainly served by the English river path.[1]
The surface of the Françoise river is generally frozen from the beginning of December to the end of March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March.
The Françoise river has its source on the Canadian Shield, at a small unidentified lake (length: ; altitude:). The mouth (south side) of this small forest lake is located northeast of the confluence of the Françoise river and the rivière aux Anglais, at south-west of a bay in lake Franquelin and north-west of the confluence of the rivière aux Anglais and Baie des Anglais on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
From the head lake, the course of the Françoise river descends on entirely in the forest zone, with a drop of, according to the following segments:
The Françoise river flows on the northeast bank of the upper course of the rivière aux Anglais, in the unorganized territory of Rivière-aux-Outardes. This confluence is located downstream from Lake Pascal and downstream from the confluence of the Tremblay River. From the confluence of the Françoise river, the current descends the course of the English river for to the Baie des Anglais, located on the north shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.[2]
The term "Françoise" is a first name of French origin.
The toponym "Françoise River" was formalized on August 2, 1974, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]