Missisquoi River North | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Estrie |
Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Eastman, Stukely-Sud, Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton, Bolton-Est, Mansonville and Potton |
Length: | NaNkm (-2,147,483,648miles) |
Source1: | Lac d'Argent |
Source1 Location: | Eastman |
Source1 Coordinates: | 45.3103°N -72.3142°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 249m (817feet) |
Mouth: | Missisquoi River |
Mouth Location: | Potton |
Mouth Coordinates: | 45.0267°N -72.43°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 153m (502feet) |
Progression: | Missisquoi River, Lake Champlain, Richelieu River, Saint Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (Upstream) Décharge de l'Étang Johnson, décharge de l'Étang Olive, décharge du Lac Long Pond. |
Tributaries Right: | (Upstream) Petite rivière Missisquoi Nord |
The Missisquoi North River is a tributary of the Missisquoi River. The Missisquoi North River flows through the municipalities of Eastman, Stukely-Sud, Saint-Étienne-de-Bolton, Bolton-Est, Mansonville and Potton, in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main hydrographic slopes near the Missisquoi North river are:
Upper river course
The Missisquoi North River originates west of Lake Stukely and south of North Stukely. Two streams (coming from the north and the northwest) flow into Parker Lake (altitude:). Then the current descends on to the north shore of Lac d'Argent (length: ; altitude:) that the current crosses south over its full length; this lake flows into the North Missisquoi river by a small bay south of the lake.
From this bay, the North Missisquoi River flows for south to the northeast shore of Trousers Lake (altitude:) that the current crosses towards the southwest on . This lake is fed by "Long Pond Lake" (length: ; altitude:) which flows onto the east shore of Trousers Lake.
River course downstream of Trousers Lake (segment of)
From Trousers Lake, the river flows on:
The Missisquoi River North flows on the north bank of the Missisquoi River in the municipality of Potton, opposite the hamlet of Highwater.
The term "missisquoi" in Abenaki means "multitudes of water birds", which takes on this river all its meaning.
The toponym "Rivière Missisquoi Nord" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]