Petite rivière Batiscan explained

Petite rivière Batiscan
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:Portneuf Regional County Municipality
Subdivision Type5:Unorganized territory and a municipality
Subdivision Name5:Linton and Rivière-à-Pierre
Length:13.7km (08.5miles)
Source1:Lac à Pierre
Source1 Location:Linton, Canton de Tonti
Source1 Coordinates:47.1419°N -71.9858°W
Source1 Elevation:464
Mouth:Rivière à Pierre
Mouth Location:Rivière-à-Pierre
Mouth Coordinates:47.0667°N -72.0809°W
Mouth Elevation:289km (180miles)
Tributaries Left:(Upward from the mouth) Lac des Bois outlet, Levier lake outlet, Passa lake outlet.
Tributaries Right:(Upward from the mouth) Lake Cordon outlet, Lac Égry outlet, Walter Lake outlet.

The Petite rivière Batiscan is a tributary of the east bank of the rivière à Pierre, flowing in the unorganized territories of Linton (township of Tonty), in Saint-Raymond (township of Roquemont) and in the municipality of Rivière-à-Pierre (township of Bois), in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

The course of the Little Batiscan River flows on the northeast side of the Batiscan River and on the northeast side of the St. Lawrence River. This river is part of the hydrographic side of the Batiscan river which generally winds south to the north shore of the St. Lawrence River.

The course of the “Little Batiscan River” descends entirely into the forest zone. The river surface is generally frozen from mid-December until the end of March.

Since the mid-19th century, forestry has been the predominant activity of the Little Batiscan River watershed.

Geography

The Little Batiscan River has its source in a forest area, at the mouth of Lac à Pierre (length: ; altitude:). The mouth of this lake is located to the northwest of the center of the village of Saint-Raymond, to the northeast of the confluence of the rivière à Pierre and north of the north bank of the Saint Lawrence river, at the height of Portneuf. From its source, the “Little Batiscan River” flows over, according to the following segments:

The Little Batiscan River flows onto the east bank of the Batiscan River in the municipality of Rivière-à-Pierre, in the Portneuf Wildlife Reserve.

The confluence of the "Little Batiscan River" is located at:

Toponymy

The toponym "Petite rivière Batiscan" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Segments of the river measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Department of Natural Resources of Canada.
  2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/Fiche.aspx?no_seq=3900 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Petite rivière Batiscan"