| Rivière aux Pommes | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Capitale-Nationale |
| Subdivision Type4: | Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Name4: | Portneuf Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Pont-Rouge et Neuville |
| Length: | 38km (24miles)[1] |
| Source1: | Little and unidentified lake |
| Source1 Location: | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 46.8275°N -71.5758°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 139 |
| Mouth: | Jacques-Cartier River |
| Mouth Location: | Donnacona |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.6972°N -71.7364°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 50 m |
| Tributaries Left: | (Upward from the mouth) Noire River (rivière aux Pommes), cours d'eau du Village-de-la-Madeleine, ruisseau Sainte-Jeanne. |
| Tributaries Right: | (Upward from the mouth) Décharge du Lac de Mes Rêves, ruisseau des Soeurs. |
The rivière aux Pommes is a tributary of the Jacques-Cartier River, flowing in the municipalities of Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, Pont-Rouge, Neuville and Donnacona, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, Canada.
The Rivière aux Pommes valley is mainly served by the route 365, the route 367 and the autoroute 40 which links the cities of Quebec and Trois-Rivières. Some secondary roads serve this area for agricultural purposes.[2]
Apart from hamlets or village areas, agriculture is the main economic activity in the sector; forestry, second.
The surface of the Rivière aux Pommes (except the rapids areas) is generally frozen from the beginning of 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; the spring flood occurs in March or April.
The Rivière aux Pommes rises at Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, from a small unidentified lake, at the foot of mont Bélair. This source is located east of the village center of Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier, at at northwest of autoroute 40, at northwest of St. Lawrence River, at north-west of its mouth.
It then flows for a distance of [3] The Rivière aux Pommes has a drop of, according to the following segments:
The confluence of the Rivière aux Pommes and the Jacques-Cartier River is located four kilometers north of Donnacona.[1] From this confluence, the current descends to the southeast over following the course of the Jacques-Cartier River.[4]
According to the report of the CBJC (on page 51), the flood zones of the Rivière aux Pommes, are located in the city of Neuville (at the intersection of the Félix-Leclerc highway (north (2e Rang), and north of rue de la Rivière) and in the town of Pont-Rouge (north of rang Petit-Capsa, from rue des Hirondelles to route Joséphat-Martel).[1]
in an easterly direction until its mouth in the Jacques-Cartier River, four kilometers north of Donnacona.[1] From this confluence, the current descends to the southeast over following the course of the Jacques-Cartier River.
The watershed covers an area of .[1]
The name of the "Rivière aux Pommes" dates from the French Regime. He could allude to the, the fruit of the hawthorn, which abounds in the area.
The toponym "Rivière aux Pommes" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[5]