Saint-Jean River (La Pocatière) Explained

Saint-Jean River
Pushpin Map:Quebec
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Quebec
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent
Subdivision Type4:MRC
Subdivision Name4:L'Islet Regional County Municipality, Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Source1:Lake Litalien
Source1 Location:Sainte-Louise
Mouth:St. Lawrence River
Mouth Location:La Pocatière
Basin Size:NaNkm (-2,147,483,648miles)
Tributaries Left:(upstream) ruisseau des Prairies, décharge du lac de la Traverse
Tributaries Right:(upstream) ruisseau Dionne, ruisseau Guy-Lemieux, cours d'eau Bard-Drapeau, cours d'eau Chrétien, décharge du lac Ti-Pierre, cours d'eau Blanchet

The Saint-Jean River (in French: rivière Saint-Jean) flows through the municipalities of Sainte-Louise (MRC of L'Islet Regional County Municipality), as well as Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth and La Pocatière, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, in Canada.[1]

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Saint-Jean was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation. 2021-01-08.
  2. Web site: Rivière Saint-Jean. Commission de toponymie du Québec. December 27, 2018.