Jump to content

Rivière des Îles Brûlées

Coordinates: 46°32′06″N 71°09′08″W / 46.535°N 71.15222°W / 46.535; -71.15222
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rivière des Îles Brûlées
Rivière des Îles Brûlées is located in Quebec
Rivière des Îles Brûlées
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Administrative regionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLa Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceAgricultural streams
 • locationSaint-Bernard
 • coordinates46°26′55″N 71°09′15″W / 46.448658°N 71.154223°W / 46.448658; -71.154223
 • elevation216 metres (709 ft)
MouthChaudière River
 • location
Saint-Bernard
 • coordinates
46°32′06″N 71°09′08″W / 46.535°N 71.15222°W / 46.535; -71.15222
 • elevation
126 metres (413 ft)
Length13.0 kilometres (8.1 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionChaudière River, St. Lawrence
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) cours d'eau Bougie
 • right(upstream) Cours d'eau Garon

The Rivière des Îles Brûlées (in English: river of burned islands) is a tributary of the west shore of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipality of Saint-Bernard, in the La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

[edit]

The main neighboring watersheds of the Brûlées River are:

The Rivière des Îles Brûlées has its source in an agricultural zone northwest of the route du rang Saint-Henri, in the municipality of Saint-Bernard. This headland is located at 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) southwest of the center of the village of Saint-Bernard, at 7.1 kilometres (4.4 mi) west of the Chaudière River and 7.1 kilometres (4.4 mi) east of the center of the village of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage.[citation needed]

From its source, the Îles Brûlées river "flows over 13.0 kilometres (8.1 mi) divided into the following segments:

  • 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) north to a country road;
  • 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) north-east, to the route du rang Saint-Luc;
  • 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) northeasterly, up to the rang Saint-Georges-Ouest road which crosses the village of Saint-Bernard;
  • 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) west, up to the confluence of the Bougie stream;
  • 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) north, up to its confluence.[1]

The Îles Brûlées river flows on the west bank of the Chaudière River, in Saint-Bernard. This confluence is located downstream of the bridge in the village of Scott and upstream of the Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon bridge.[citation needed]

Toponymy

[edit]

The toponym Rivière des Îles Brûlées was formalized on August 8, 1977, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: Rivière des Îles Brûlées.