Noire River | |
Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Provinces |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Lanaudière |
Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
Subdivision Name4: | Matawinie Regional County Municipality |
Mouth: | L'Assomption River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 46.206°N -73.5612°W |
The Noire River (in French: rivière Noire) is a watercourse running through the municipalities of Saint-Zénon, Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie and Saint-Jean-de-Matha, in the Matawinie Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Lanaudière, in Quebec, in Canada.
The toponym Rivière Noire was made official on 5 December 1968 at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[1]