Huron River | |
Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Centre-du-Québec |
Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
Subdivision Name4: | L'Érable Regional County Municipality, Bécancour Regional County Municipality |
Source1: | Agricultural and forest streams |
Source1 Location: | Laurier-Station and Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun |
Mouth: | Rivière du Chêne |
Mouth Location: | Leclercville (sector of Sainte-Emmélie) |
River System: | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) rivière aux Ormes, cours d'eau de la Grande Ligne Seigneuriale, Tête de la Rivière Huron |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) Noire River, ruisseau Le Rigolet, ruisseau Lambert, ruisseau Bois Franc-Pierreriche |
The Huron River (in French: rivière Huron) is a tributary of the east bank of the rivière du Chêne which empties on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Huron River flows through the municipalities of Laurier-Station, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly and Leclercville, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Huron River are:
The Huron River has its source at the confluence of the "Head of the Huron River" stream and a stream draining the northern part of the village of Laurier-Station. The "Tête de la Rivière Huron" flows on east to the intermunicipal limit of Laurier-Station and Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun; this stream drains the northern part of Saint-Flavien and the eastern and southern area of Laurier-Station.
From its source, the Huron River flows over with a drop of, divided into the following segments:
The Huron River empties on the east bank of the rivière du Chêne in the Lucieville Range, in Leclercville.
The toponym Rivière Huron was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]