David River (Yamaska River tributary)

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David River
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David River (Yamaska River tributary)
Location
CountryCanada
Province Quebec
Region Montérégie and Centre-du-Québec
Regional County Municipality Drummond Regional County Municipality, Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceVarious agricol streams
  location Saint-Eugène
  coordinates 45°48′07″N72°38′45″E / 45.801863°N 72.645748°E / 45.801863; 72.645748
  elevation79 m (259 ft)
Mouth Yamaska River
  location
Saint-David
  coordinates
45°58′16″N72°53′59″W / 45.97111°N 72.89972°W / 45.97111; -72.89972
  elevation
10 m (33 ft)
Length53.5 km (33.2 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(Upstream) ruisseau Sainte-Caroline, ruisseau des Chênes, ruisseau Félix-Julien, ruisseau du rang Lachapelle, ruisseau Saint-Marmert, cours d'eau Dupré, cours d'eau Labbé, ruisseau Armand-Doré.
  right(Upstream) ruisseau Morrissette, cours d'eau Saint-Nicolas, cours d'eau Lacourse, ruisseau Mondor, ruisseau Théroux, ruisseau Rousseau, ruisseau Jean-Paul, ruisseau du Rang de Sorel Nord-Est, ruisseau Pépin, ruisseau Louis-Édouard-Tessier, cours d'eau Lambert, ruisseau Laramée, cours d'eau Paradis, décharge Fournier.

The David River is a tributary of the East shore of the Yamaska River. It flows north-east on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada, in the municipalities of:

Contents

In addition to the villages crossed by the course of the river, the economic vocation of this hydrographic slope is mainly agricultural, and forestry for certain areas.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the David River are:

The David River takes its source from agricultural streams draining the territory of the municipality of Saint-Eugène. This headland is located between the village of Saint-Eugène and that of Saint-Germain-de-Grantham, north of highway 20 and west of Drummondville. The course of the river descends on 53.5 kilometres (33.2 mi) with a drop of 69 metres (226 ft) according to the following segments:

Upper course of the river (segment of 26.2 kilometres (16.3 mi))

From highway 20, the David River flows over:

Lower course of the river (segment of 27.3 kilometres (17.0 mi))

From Route 224, the David River flows over:

The David River flows onto the east bank of the Yamaska River at 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) upstream of the Camille-Parenteau bridge located at Yamaska and at 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) downstream from the village of Massueville.

Toponymy

Formerly, this watercourse was designated "Rivière Saint-David".

The toponym “Rivière David” has been known since at least 1690 to designate this watercourse. The cartographer Joseph Bouchette, indicates this toponym on the map of Lower Canada, 1815. The "Dictionary of rivers and lakes of the province of Quebec (1914)" also indicates this toponym.

This toponym evokes the life work of Jacques David (Trois-Rivières, 1657 - Boucherville, 1708); the latter worked as a beaver trapper in this area. [2] [3] [4]

The toponym "Rivière David" was officially registered on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [5]

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References

  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Features extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation" . Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  2. Source: BOUCHETTE, Joseph, Topographic Map of the Province of Lower Canada, 1815, Montreal, Éditions Élysée, 1980.
  3. Dictionary of rivers and lakes of the province of Quebec, [Quebec], Department of lands and forests, 1914, 432 p.
  4. Names and places of Quebec, work of the Commission de toponymie published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of a printed illustrated dictionary, and in that of a CD-ROM produced by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this dictionary.
  5. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Rivière David

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