Noire River | |
Name Other: | Rivière Whitton |
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: | Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton, Saint-Romain |
Length: | 8.4km (05.2miles) |
Source1: | Lake Whitton |
Source1 Location: | Nantes |
Source1 Coordinates: | 45.6252°N -71.0678°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 471m (1,545feet) |
Mouth: | Felton River |
Mouth Location: | Saint-Romain |
Mouth Coordinates: | 45.6956°N -71.0964°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 361m (1,184feet) |
Progression: | Saint-François River, St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The Noire River (in French: Rivière Noire) is a tributary of the Felton River which flows into Baie Sauvage south of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River.
The course of the "Black River" crosses the municipalities of Nantes and Saint-Romain, 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.
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the "Black River" are:
The Black River has its source at Whitton Lake whose southern area is made up of marshes.
From Whitton Lake, the course of the Noire River heads north, crossing route 161 South. It first flows over, until a stream coming from the east; then west to the mouth.[1]
The Black River empties on the east bank of the Felton River, at the confluence of the Blanche River, east of route 161 South.
Formerly, this watercourse was known as "Whitton River".
The toponym "Rivière Noire" was officially registered on December 18, 1979, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]