Huron River (rivière du Chêne tributary)
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| Huron River | |
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| Native name | Rivière Huron (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| MRC | L'Érable Regional County Municipality, Bécancour Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Agricultural and forest streams |
| • location | Laurier-Station and Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun |
| • coordinates | 46°33′03″N 71°38′46″W / 46.550756°N 71.646214°W |
| • elevation | 90 metres (300 ft) |
| Mouth | Rivière du Chêne |
• location | Leclercville (sector of Sainte-Emmélie) |
• coordinates | 46°30′16″N 71°47′12″W / 46.50444°N 71.78667°W |
• elevation | 60 metres (200 ft) |
| Length | 20.6 kilometres (12.8 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) rivière aux Ormes, cours d'eau de la Grande Ligne Seigneuriale, Tête de la Rivière Huron |
| • right | (upstream) Noire River, ruisseau Le Rigolet, ruisseau Lambert, ruisseau Bois Franc-Pierreriche |
The Huron River (in French: rivière Huron) is a tributary of the east bank of the rivière du Chêne which empties on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Huron River flows through the municipalities of Laurier-Station, Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly and Leclercville, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
Geography[edit]
The main neighboring watersheds of the Huron River are:
- north side: Boucher arm, rivière du Bois Clair, Petit Saut river, Noire River, St. Lawrence River;
- east side: Bois Franc-Pierreriche stream, Bourret stream, Rouge River (Beaurivage River tributary), rivière aux Pins (Beaurivage River tributary), Beaurivage River;
- south side: Rivière aux Ormes (Huron River tributary), Rivière aux Cèdres, Rivière du Chêne;
- west side: rivière du Chêne.
The Huron River has its source at the confluence of the "Head of the Huron River" stream and a stream draining the northern part of the village of Laurier-Station. The "Tête de la Rivière Huron" flows on 7.6 kilometres (4.7 mi) east to the intermunicipal limit of Laurier-Station and Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun; this stream drains the northern part of Saint-Flavien and the eastern and southern area of Laurier-Station.
From its source, the Huron River flows over 20.6 kilometres (12.8 mi) with a drop of 30 metres (98 ft), divided into the following segments:
- 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) northwesterly, then northeasterly, crossing route 271, to the confluence of the Bois Franc-Pierriche stream;
- 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) north-west, up to route 271;
- 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) westward, up to the limit of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly;
- 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) towards the south-west, marking the limit of Saint-Janvier-de-Joly and Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Cœur-d'Issoudun, to the intermunicipal limit of Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière;
- 8.9 kilometres (5.5 mi) (or 5.0 kilometres (3.1 mi) in a direct line) towards the southwest, winding up to the limit of Leclercville;
- 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) towards the west, in Leclercville until its confluence.[1]
The Huron River empties on the east bank of the rivière du Chêne in the Lucieville Range, in Leclercville.
Toponymy[edit]
The toponym Rivière Huron was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]