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.
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.
The toponym Rivière Savoie was formalized on October 6, 1983, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]