Legendre River Explained

Legendre River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Quebec
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Estrie
Subdivision Type4:MRC
Subdivision Name4:Le Granit Regional County Municipality
Subdivision Type5:Municipality
Subdivision Name5:Milan, Stornoway
Length:25.1km (15.6miles)
Source1:Whitton Lake
Source1 Location:Milan
Source1 Coordinates:45.5893°N -71.167°W
Source1 Elevation:518m (1,699feet)
Mouth:Felton River
Mouth Location:Saint-Romain
Mouth Coordinates:45.7389°N -71.137°W
Mouth Elevation:325m (1,066feet)
Progression:Saint-François River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries Left:(upstream)
Tributaries Right:(upstream)

The Legendre River (in French: rivière Legendre) is a tributary of the Felton River which flows into the Baie Sauvage to the south of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River.

The course of the Legendre River crosses the territories of the municipalities of Milan and Stornoway, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the "Legendre river" are:

The Legendre River has its source on the northern slope of a mountain (summit at) of Milan. This source is located in a forest zone north of route 214.

From its source, the river flows over:

The Legendre River empties on the west bank of the Felton River, at upstream of the limit of Parc national de Frontenac and at upstream of the confluence of the Sauvage River.

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière Legendre" was officially registered 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. December 28, 2020.
  2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/toposweb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=35271 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Legendre River