Rivière aux Pins (Boucherville)

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Rivière aux Pins
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Location
CountriesCanada
Province Quebec
Administrative region Montérégie
Physical characteristics
SourceUrban stream
  location Boucherville
  coordinates 45°14′53″N73°26′05″W / 45.248075°N 73.434861°W / 45.248075; -73.434861
  elevation10 m (33 ft)
Mouth Saint Lawrence River
  location
Boucherville
  coordinates
45°38′52″N73°26′45″W / 45.64778°N 73.44583°W / 45.64778; -73.44583
  elevation
7 m (23 ft)
Length5.7 km (3.5 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  rightRuisseau des Frênes

The rivière aux Pins (English: Pine River) is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River, flowing in the city of Boucherville, in the administrative region of Montérégie, southwest of province of Quebec, in Canada.

Contents

The intermediate part of this watercourse delimits the agricultural area and the urban area of Boucherville.

The river surface is generally frozen from mid-December to the end of March. Safe circulation on the ice is generally done from the end of December to the beginning of March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes neighboring the Rivière aux Pins are:

The Rivière aux Pins rises in the heart of the town of Boucherville along rue de la Rivière-aux-Pins which delimits the west side of the Parc de la Rivière-aux-Pins. This river flows over 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi), with a drop of 3 metres (9.8 ft), according to the following segments:

The mouth of the Pins river is located on the southeast bank of the St. Lawrence River, facing the southern sector of the Varennes islands, at the place called "La Frayère", either:

Toponymy

This descriptive designation refers to the red and white pines that once inhabited its banks. This designation was attributed to him at the end of the 17th century. The watercourse was also designated "Rivière De Muy", the name of a fief conceded in 1695 and located near its mouth. [2]

The toponym "Rivière aux Pins" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [3]

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References

  1. Atlas of Canada - Department of Natural Resources Canada - Rivière aux Pins - Distance and altitude measurements based on application of site measures.
  2. Source: 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.
  3. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Rivière aux Pins"

See also

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