Ulverton River Explained

Ulverton River
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Canada
Subdivision Type2:	Province
Subdivision Name2:	Quebec
Subdivision Type3:	Region
Subdivision Name3:	Estrie
Subdivision Type4:	Regional County Municipality
Subdivision Name4:	Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
Length:	40.3km (25miles)
Source1:	Various streams
Source1 Location:	Maricourt
Source1 Coordinates:	45.6997°N -73.32°W
Source1 Elevation:	286m (938feet)
Mouth:	Saint-François River
Mouth Location:	Ulverton
Mouth Coordinates:	45.7364°N -72.2364°W
Mouth Elevation:	115m (377feet)
Tributaries Left:	(Upstream)
Tributaries Right:	(Upstream)

The Ulverton River is a tributary of the Saint-François River, flowing on the South Shore of the Saint-Laurent river, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, Canada.

The course of the Ulverton river crosses the territories of:

• the regional county municipality (MRC) of Le Val-Saint-François (administrative region of Estrie): Maricourt, Racine and Melbourne;
• the MRC of Drummond Regional County Municipality (administrative region of Centre-du-Québec): municipalities of Durham-Sud and Ulverton.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Ulverton River are:

• north side: Saint-Germain River;
• east side: Saint-François River;
• south side: rivière au Saumon, Brandy stream, Fraser River;
• west side: rivière le Renne, Saint-Germain River, Yamaska River.

The Ulverton River flows approximately northeast to its mouth. It constitutes the main hydrographic slope of the municipality of Ulverton.^[1]

The Ulverton river has its source in a mountain area in the municipality of Maricourt, in the northern part of the canton of Ely, at from the northern limit west of the municipality of Racine. The head of the river is located east of the head of the rivière le Renne, south of the Rivard stream, southwest of the village of Maricourt, east of route 222 and north of Valcourt.

Upper course of the river (segment of)

The Ulverton river first flows over:

• east, making a large loop north, then another south, crossing Racine on, to rang first road (north–south direction);
• northerly, crossing the dividing line between Racine and Melbourne, south-east of the village of Maricourt, to Chemin d'Ely;
• towards the north, collecting the Bisaillon stream (coming from the southwest), up to the country road;
• north, collecting the Nelson stream, to a country road;
• north-east, then north-west, crossing the "Melbourne Valley", to route 116 and the road iron, which the current crosses at west of the New Bridge at Richmond.

Lower course of the river (segment of)

From route 116, the Ulverton river flows over:

• west, winding the north side of route 116 and the railroad, and back into Durham-Sud, to a stream (coming from the west);
• north, to highway 55;
• northeasterly, to route 143;
• north, to its mouth.^[2]

The Ulverton River empties into a river bend on the west bank of the Saint-François River, upstream from Brown Island and downstream from Stevens Island. This mouth is located north of the village center of Ulverton and south-east of the village center of L'Avenir.^[2]

Toponymy

Formerly, this watercourse was also known as the “Black River”.

The toponym “Rivière Ulverton” was officially registered on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Quebec

Notes and References

1. Source: "Names and places of Quebec", work of the Commission de toponymie du Québec, published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of a dictionary illustrated in print, and under that of a CD-ROM produced by the Micro-Intel company, in 1997, from this dictionary.
2. Web site: Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Features extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation. December 19, 2020.
3. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/toposweb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=64534 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Ulverton River