Rivière du Pin explained

Rivière du Pin
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:Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality, Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, Montmagny Regional County Municipality
Source1:Mountain stream
Source1 Location:Saint-Magloire
Mouth:Rivière du Sud (Montmagny)
Mouth Location:Armagh
Progression:Rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River
Tributaries Left:(upstream)
Tributaries Right:(upstream) Gabriel River, ruisseau de la Grande Ligne

The rivière du Pin is a tributary of the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny) which flows north-east to the south bank of the St. Lawrence, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

The Rivière du Pin crosses the regional county municipalities (RCM) of:

Geography

The Pin river has its source in a mountainous area in the municipality of Saint-Magloire in the Notre Dame Mountains.

From its source, the Pin river "flows in a valley encircled on according to the following segments:

The Pin river flows on the south shore of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny) at the limit of the municipalities of Armagh and Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud.

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière du Pin was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation. 2021-01-07.
  2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?No_seq=49303 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: Rivière du Pin