| Rivière des Caps | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
| Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
| Subdivision Name4: | Kamouraska Regional County Municipality |
| Source1: | Agricultural streams |
| Source1 Location: | Notre-Dame-du-Portage |
| Mouth: | St. Lawrence River |
| Mouth Location: | Saint-André-de-Kamouraska |
| Progression: | Kamouraska River, St. Lawrence River |
| Basin Size: | NaNkm (-2,147,483,648miles) |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The rivière des Caps (in English: Capes River) is a tributary of the southern coast of the St. Lawrence River where it flows in front of the Les Pèlerins islands, in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska. This river flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Portage, Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska and Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in province of Quebec, in Canada.[1]
According to the Commission de toponymie du Québec, the toponym "rivière des Caps" appears in a volume dated 1787. This toponym is linked to the rocky cape located on the east side of its confluence. This rocky cape and the Grosse Montagne (located near the confluence of the Fouquette River) were once used as landmarks in the sector for visual navigation.
The toponym “rivière des Caps” was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]