Rouge River | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Quebec |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Administrative region |
Subdivision Name3: | Estrie |
Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
Subdivision Name4: | Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Bonsecours and Lawrenceville |
Length: | 16km (10miles) |
Source1: | Confluence of two mountain streams |
Source1 Location: | Bonsecours |
Source1 Elevation: | 358 |
Mouth: | Noire River |
Mouth Location: | Bonsecours |
Mouth Coordinates: | 45.4364°N -72.3583°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 197 m |
River System: | Saint Lawrence River |
Basin Size: | NaNkm2 |
The Rouge River (in French: Rivière Rouge) is a tributary of the Noire River (Yamaska River tributary). It flows in the municipalities of Bonsecours and Lawrenceville, in the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality (MRC), on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, Canada.
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Red River are:
The Red River begins at the confluence of two mountain streams located northwest of the village of Bonsecours, west of Bowker lake, southwest of Mont Florence-Louise-Bradford and north of route 220.
The course of the Red River descends on:
The Red River empties on the east bank of the Noire River in the territory of the municipality of Lawrenceville, at north-west of the center of this village and north-east of the center of the village of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Rochelle.[1]
The toponym "Rivière Rouge" was officially registered on March 19, 1979, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]