Noire River | |
Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Administrative region |
Subdivision Name3: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type4: | RCM |
Subdivision Name4: | Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, Lévis (City) |
Source1: | Agricultural streams |
Source1 Location: | Saint-Flavien |
Mouth: | Beaurivage River |
Mouth Location: | Lévis (sector Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon) |
Progression: | Beaurivage River, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) ruisseau de la Tannerie |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The rivière Noire (in English: Black River) is a tributary of the Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the east bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.[1] It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Flavien, Saint-Agapit, Saint-Gilles (Lotbinière Regional County Municipality) and in the city of Lévis (Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon sector).
The main neighboring watersheds of the Noire River are:
The Black River has its source in the municipality of Saint-Flavien. This headland is located southwest of route 271, at northwest of the center of the village of Dosquet and at southeast of the village of Saint-Flavien.
From its source, the Black River flows on, with a drop of, divided into the following segments:
The Black River empties on the west bank of the Beaurivage River in the hamlet "Pointe-Saint-Gilles", in the town of Lévis (sector of Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon).
The toponym "Rivière Noire" was made official on January 22, 1974, in the place name bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]