Savoie River Explained

Savoie 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:La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality
Source1:Mountain and agricultural streams
Source1 Location:Saint-Elzéar
Mouth:Chaudière River
Mouth Location:Saint-Marie-de-Beauce
Progression:Chaudière River, St. Lawrence
Tributaries Left:(upstream)
Tributaries Right:(upstream)

The Savoy River (in French: rivière Savoy) is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows north to empty onto the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Elzéar and Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, in the La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Savoie river are:

The Savoie river has its source in the Haut-Saint-Olivier range, in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar, on the north slope of Mont du Cosmos. This head zone is located southwest of the center of the village of Saint-Elzéar, at west of the Chaudière River and north of the summit of Mont Saint-André.

From its source (i.e. at the level of the Haut-Saint-Olivier road), the Savoie river flows on divided into the following segments:

The Savoie river empties on the west bank of the Chaudière River, in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce. This confluence is located downstream from the confluence of the Nadeau River and Lessard River, as well as at upstream of the Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce bridge.

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Savoie was formalized on October 6, 1983, at 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. 2021-01-05.
  2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=127395 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: Rivière Savoie.