Rivière du Barrage explained

Rivière du Barrage
Pushpin Map:Quebec
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Quebec
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Estrie
Subdivision Type4:MRC
Subdivision Name4:Le Granit Regional County Municipality
Source1:Mountain streams
Source1 Location:Saint-Robert-Bellarmin, (MRC) Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Québec
Mouth:Samson River
Mouth Location:Saint-Ludger
Progression:Samson River, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River
River System:St. Lawrence River
Basin Size:NaNkm (-2,147,483,648miles)
Tributaries Left:(upstream) Rivière des Renards
Tributaries Right:(upstream)

The rivière du Barrage (in English: river of the Dam) is a tributary of the east bank of the Samson River, which flows on the east bank of the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière du Barrage was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[1]

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?No_seq=3584 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponyms: "rivière du Barrage".