Fraser River | |
Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
Subdivision Name4: | Montmagny Regional County Municipality |
Source1: | Mountain and forest stream |
Source1 Location: | Saint-Paul-de-Montminy |
Mouth: | Alick River |
Mouth Location: | Saint-Paul-de-Montminy |
Progression: | Rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) Cours d'eau Blais |
The Fraser River (in French: rivière Fraser) crosses the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The confluence of the Moulin river constitutes the source of the Alick River which flows on the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter first flows southwest, then northeast to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Moulin river are ː
The river of the Moulin takes its source from a small lake on the northern slope of a mountain of Notre Dame Mountains, in the fifth rang, north of the village of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy. This source is located on the east side of route 283 and east of the center of the village of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy.
From its source, the Moulin river "flows over according to the following segments:
The confluence of the Moulin River "is located almost at the limit of the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire and Saint-Paul-de-Montminy. This confluence is located at south of the center of the village of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, at east of the village of Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud and north of the center of the village of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy.[1]
The toponym Rivière du Moulin was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]