| Lombrette River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Capitale-Nationale |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | La Côte-de-Beaupré Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Petite-Rivière-Saint-François and Saint-Tite-des-Caps |
| Length: | 262km (163miles) |
| Source1: | Unidentified lake |
| Source1 Location: | Petite-Rivière-Saint-François |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 47.0056°N -70.6548°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 677 m |
| Mouth: | Sainte-Anne River |
| Mouth Location: | Saint-Tite-des-Caps |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 47.1847°N -70.7396°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 37 m |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Five unidentified streams, unidentified stream (via a lake), two unidentified streams, discharge from three lakes, discharge from a small lake. |
| Tributaries Right: | (Upward from the mouth) Six unidentified streams, rivière des Chenaux, three unidentified streams, McLean Creek. |
The Lombrette river is a tributary of the Sainte-Anne River flowing on the north bank of the Saint Lawrence River, in the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This river flows consecutively through the regional county municipalities (MRC) of:
This small valley is mainly served by the route 138 which normally runs along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River; however, it distances itself from the river in this area of Charlevoix. Forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; second-hand tourist activities.
The surface of the Lombrette River is generally frozen from the beginning of December until the end of March; however, safe traffic on the ice is generally from mid-December to mid-March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.
The Lombrette river has its source in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François at the mouth of an unidentified lake (altitude of) which is located between mountain at Liguori (summit located at to the north), Salvation Mountain (summit located at to the southeast) and McLean Mountain (summit located at in the South). This small lake is located at:
From this source, the course of the Lombrette river descends with a drop of over parallel to the edge of the Laurentian plateau away from 4 to 5 km, depending on the following segments:
Upper course of the Lombrette river (segment of)
Lower course of the Lombrette river (segment of)
The Lombrette river flows on the east bank of the Sainte-Anne river, in Saint-Tite-des-Caps. This confluence is located west of the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence River and southwest of the center of the village of Saint-Tite-des-Caps.
From the confluence of the Lombrette river, the current flows over generally south along the course of the Sainte-Anne River, to the northwest shore of the St. Lawrence river.[1]
The map of the province of Quebec drawn up in 1870 by Eugène Taché indicates this watercourse in the form "R. The Ombrette”. This toponym would evoke the nickname of Pierre Simard, dit Lombrette, master mason who arrived in New France in 1654 and died between 1681 and 1686, and especially of his son, Noël Simard, dit Lombrette (1637-1715) laborer. The latter obtained, in particular a concession at Cape Maillard in the vicinity of the Lombrette River. The nickname Lombrette, joined to the name of Pierre Simard or Cimar in the census of 1666–1667, still remains enigmatic. If it is not the name of a farm or a place known as the country of origin of Pierre Simard in the surroundings of Angoulême, if need be, the ombrette can be the diminutive of shade, a bony fish that is distinguished from salmon, trout and char by its small mouth. The graphic form L'Ombrette, adopted in 1949, was modified for that of Lombrette in 1974, by the Geographic Commission. The name "Rivière McLean" was also used in memory of John McLean, landowner at Saint-Tite-des-Caps.[2]
The toponym "rivière Lombrette" was formalized on August 29, 1972 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]