Larochelle River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
Subdivision Name4: | Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality |
Length: | 15.7km (09.8miles) |
Source1: | Forest streams |
Source1 Location: | Saint-Julien |
Source1 Coordinates: | 46.0025°N -71.5381°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 370m (1,210feet) |
Mouth: | Bécancour River |
Mouth Location: | Irlande |
Mouth Coordinates: | 46.0609°N -71.5449°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 200m (700feet) |
Progression: | Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) ruisseau Gardner, ruisseau Provencher, ruisseau Sasseville |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
Country: | Canada |
The Larochelle River (in French: rivière Larochelle) is a tributary of the Bécancour River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Julien and Irlande, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Larochelle river are:
The Larochelle River has its source in the mountains, west at the village of Saint-Julien, northeast of the village of Saint-Fortunat and northwest of the village of Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-de-Wolfestown.
From its head, the Larochelle river flows over divided into the following segments:
The Larochelle river empties on the west bank of the Bécancour River. This confluence is located 1.1 east of the hamlet "Maple Grove", upstream from "Lac à la Truite" and in upstream of William Lake.
The toponym "rivière Larochelle" was made official on August 17, 1978, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]