Henri River Explained

Henri 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:Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Source1:Agricultural and forest streams
Mouth:Rivière du Chêne
Mouth Location:Bécancour
River System:St. Lawrence River
Tributaries Left:(upstream) ruisseau de l'Ours, calvette à la Vache, ruisseau Côté-Roy, ruisseau Cayer-Paré, ruisseau Desharnais.
Tributaries Right:(upstream) rivière aux Cèdres, rivière aux Frênes, ruisseau Corbeil, ruisseau Lavigne, ruisseau Breton-Laroche, Jean-Houde River, ruisseau Perron.

The Henri River (in French: rivière Henri) is a tributary of the east bank of the rivière du Chêne which empties on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Henri River flows through the municipalities of Saint-Gilles, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Dosquet, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Val-Alain and Leclercville, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Henri River are:

The Henri River takes its source on the west side of a marsh area in a forest zone in the southern part of the municipality of Saint-Gilles. This head zone is located on the west side of a marsh zone at the limit of Saint-Gilles and Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage. The head area of the river is located northeast of the village of Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière and at the west of the village of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage.

The course of the Henri river goes down with a drop of, on according to the following segments:

Upper course of the Henri River (segment of)

From its source, the Henri River flows over divided into the following segments:

Lower part of the Henri River (segment of)

From route 116, the Henri river flows over:

The Henri river empties on the east bank of the rivière du Chêne in the locality "Les Trois-Fourches".

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Henri was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation. 2021-01-03.
  2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=28496 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: Rivière Henri