Douville River

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Douville
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Location
Country Canada
Province Quebec
Region Mauricie
Physical characteristics
SourceClaire Lake
  location La Tuque (Fortier Township), Mauricie, Quebec
  coordinates 47°58′34″N75°15′27″W / 47.97611°N 75.25750°W / 47.97611; -75.25750
  elevation444 m (1,457 ft)
Mouth Bureau Lake (South Bay)
  location
La Tuque (Gosselin Township), Mauricie, Quebec
  coordinates
47°53′25″N75°30′12″W / 47.89028°N 75.50333°W / 47.89028; -75.50333
  elevation
401 m (1,316 ft)
Length29.6 km (18.4 mi) [1]

The Douville River is a tributary of the Gatineau River by the Pain de Sucre Lake, flowing north of the Saint Lawrence River, entirely in the territory of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Contents

This stream runs entirely in a small valley in forest area. This area is without resort.

The surface of the Douville River is generally frozen from mid-December to the end of March.

Geography

The Douville River originates at the mouth of a Lake Claire (length: 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi), altitude: 444 metres (1,457 ft)), in the Township of Fortier, in the territory of La Tuque.

From the mouth of Lake Claire, the Douville River flows over 29.6 kilometres (18.4 mi), according to the following segments:

The Douville River flows into Gosselin Township on the east shore of Pain de Sucre (La Tuque) which is the head lake of the Gatineau River; the latter then pours into the Ottawa River. This confluence of the Douville River is located at:

Toponymy

The term "Douville" is a family name of French origin.

The toponym "rivière Douville" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec [3]

See also

Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap

Notes and references

  1. "Atlas of Canada". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 2008-10-14. Retrieved 2018-03-26.
  2. Segments of the river measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Department of Natural Resources of the Canada.
  3. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Douville River".

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