Rivière des Orignaux should not be confused with Rivière aux Orignaux.
| Rivière des Orignaux | |
| Name Other: | Old name:"Ruisseau des Pointes" |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
| Subdivision Name4: | Bellechasse Regional County Municipality |
| Source1: | Mountain stream |
| Source1 Location: | Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland |
| Mouth: | Rivière de la Fourche |
| Mouth Location: | Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland |
| Progression: | Rivière de la Fourche, rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The rivière des Orignaux (in English: Mooses River) crosses the municipality of Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
Rivière des Orignaux is a tributary of the southwest bank of the rivière de la Fourche, which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows northwest, then northeast to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Des Orignaux river are:
The Rivière des Orignaux has its source in the township of Buckland, in the municipality of Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality. The surrounding mountains are part of the Notre Dame Mountains chain.
From its source, the Rivière des Orignaux flows on at the bottom of a valley, divided into the following segments:
The confluence of the Rivière des Orignaux is located on the southwest bank of the Forks River, in the township of Buckland. This confluence is located at north of Buckland, south of rivière du Sud (Montmagny) and at northwest of route 216.[1]
The toponym “rivière des Orignaux” was made official on September 11, 1987, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]