Rivière à la Loutre | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Montmagny Regional County Municipality |
Length: | 7km (04miles) |
Source1: | Forest and mountain streams |
Source1 Location: | Saint-Paul-de-Montminy |
Source1 Coordinates: | 46.7467°N -70.3933°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 435m (1,427feet) |
Mouth: | Rivière du Sud (Montmagny) |
Mouth Location: | Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud |
Mouth Coordinates: | 46.7678°N -70.47°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 202m (663feet) |
Progression: | Rivière du Sud (Montmagny), Saint Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The rivière à la Loutre (English: Otter River) crosses the municipalities of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy and Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
Rivière à la Loutre is a tributary of the south shore of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny) which flows first southwest, then northeast to the south shore of Saint Lawrence River.
The Loutre river has its source in a mountainous area in the first rang of the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy in the Notre Dame Mountains.
From its source, the Rivière à la Loutre "flows through a valley steeped in according to the following segments:
Rivière à la Loutre empties onto the south shore of the Rivière du Sud (Montmagny) near the boundary of the municipalities of Armagh and Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud.[1]
This toponym appears on a map dated 1952.
The toponym Rivière à la Loutre was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]