Rouge 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-Agapit |
Mouth: | Beaurivage River |
Mouth Location: | Saint-Sylvestre |
Progression: | Beaurivage River, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The Rivière Rouge (in English: Red River) is a tributary of the west shore of Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River). It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Agapit and Saint-Apollinaire in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Red River are:
The Red River has its source in the municipality of Saint-Agapit, on the boundary with the municipality of Saint-Apollinaire. This head area is located south of highway 20, southeast of the village center of Saint-Apollinaire and north-west of the village of Saint-Agapit.
From its source, the Red River flows over divided into the following segments:
The Red River empties on the west bank of the Beaurivage River north of the hamlet "Pointe-Saint-Gilles", in Lévis.
The toponym "rivière Rouge" was made official on October 6, 1983, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]