| Rivière aux Pins | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Source1: | Urban stream |
| Source1 Location: | Boucherville |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 45.2481°N -73.4349°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 10m (30feet) |
| Mouth: | Saint Lawrence River |
| Mouth Location: | Boucherville |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 45.6478°N -73.4458°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 7m (23feet) |
| Subdivision Type1: | Countries |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Administrative region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Montérégie |
| Length: | 5.7km (03.5miles) |
| Basin Size: | NaNkm2 |
| Tributaries Right: | Ruisseau des Frênes |
The rivière aux Pins (English: Pine River) is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, flowing in the city of Boucherville, in the administrative region of Montérégie, southwest of province of Quebec, in Canada.
The intermediate part of this watercourse delimits the agricultural area and the urban area of Boucherville.
The river surface is generally frozen from mid-December to the end of March. Safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation.
The main hydrographic slopes neighboring the Rivière aux Pins are:
The Rivière aux Pins rises in the heart of the town of Boucherville along rue de la Rivière-aux-Pins which delimits the west side of the Parc de la Rivière-aux-Pins. This river flows over, with a drop of, according to the following segments:
The mouth of the Pins river is located on the southeast bank of the St. Lawrence River, facing the southern sector of the Varennes islands, at the place called "La Frayère", either:
This descriptive designation refers to the red and white pines that once inhabited its banks. This designation was attributed to him at the end of the 17th century. The watercourse was also designated "Rivière De Muy", the name of a fief conceded in 1695 and located near its mouth.[2]
The toponym "Rivière aux Pins" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]