| Trout River | |
| Source1 Location: | Adirondack Park |
| Mouth Location: | Elgin, Godmanchester, Montérégie (Québec, Canada) |
| Progression: | Châteauguay River - Saint Lawrence River |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | United States, Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | State - Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | New York State, Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Adirondack Park (New York State), Montérégie (Quebec) |
| Subdivision Type4: | Region |
| Subdivision Name4: | Franklin County, New York, Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality |
| Basin Size: | 427.35km2 |
| River System: | Saint Lawrence River |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) Pringle Creek (Canada), Weaver Stream (Canada), Beaver Creek (Canada), O'Reilly Creek (Canada), unidentified creek (USA). |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) Murray Brook (Canada), Little Trout River (New York) (USA), Collins Brook (USA). |
Trout River (French: '''Rivière Trout''') is a tributary of Châteauguay River, flowing in:
This valley is mainly served in Quebec by the route 138 which passes on the west side of the river (from the border), then on the northwest side going towards the mouth. In New York State, the nearby route is Constable Street and State Highway 30.
The river surface is generally frozen from mid-December to the end of March. Safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation.
This river originates in various rivers including the Little Trout River in the Adirondack Mountains located in upstate New York, United States.
Trout River, also called Rivière à la Truite in French, is a non-navigable and non-buoyant river: it has only 427.35km2 of drainage basin that flows between the townships of Elgin and Godmanchester in front of lots granted by the Crown prior to June 1, 1884.
This private basin is owned by local residents (private watercourses: article 919. second paragraph, of the Civil Code of Quebec). The property extends to the river bed to the center (or better up to the water): which gives the right to fish and use the bottom in front of the properties (use: article 981. of Civil Code of Quebec). But private rights to the river must also respect those of others: because it is a kind of common property. There would be a legal right of way on private waterways so that people cannot be prevented from crossing the water. It is a municipal watercourse (not navigable), it is under the control of the Quebec Municipal Code and the municipality which can make regulations.
Trout River has two dams: the St-Onge Dam located in the hamlet of Trout River in Elgin near the Canada–US border. The other dam is the Hooker Dam, which is located between the hamlet of Kensington in Godmanchester and the path of the second concession to Elgin. The Trout River flows into the Châteauguay River just south of the town of Huntingdon. The municipality of Huntingdon set up a Route 138 rest stop at the confluence of the two rivers.
From its source in Adirondack Park, the Trout River descends on, with a drop of, according to the following segments:
Trout river course on the American side (segment of with a drop of)
Trout river course on the Canadian side (segment of with a drop of)
The Trout River flows on the west bank of the Châteauguay River, south of the village center of Hemmingford. From there, the current descends the course of the Château river for to the south shore of lac Saint-Louis, at Châteauguay, south-west of Montreal.
In Franklin County (NY, USA), this river is designated "Trout River", just like in Canada.[2]
The Commission de toponymie du Québec formalized the name on September 22, 1976.[3] [4]