Saint-Jean River (La Pocatière)

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Saint-Jean River
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Native nameRivière Saint-Jean  (French)
Location
CountryCanada
Province Quebec
Region Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent
MRC L'Islet Regional County Municipality, Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceLake Litalien
  location Sainte-Louise
  coordinates 47°16′53″N70°00′53″W / 47.28139°N 70.01472°W / 47.28139; -70.01472
  elevation291 metres (955 ft)
Mouth St. Lawrence River
  location
La Pocatière
  coordinates
47°23′44″N70°02′38″W / 47.39555°N 70.04388°W / 47.39555; -70.04388 Coordinates: 47°23′44″N70°02′38″W / 47.39555°N 70.04388°W / 47.39555; -70.04388
  elevation
4 metres (13 ft)
Length24.6 kilometres (15.3 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(upstream) ruisseau des Prairies, décharge du lac de la Traverse
  right(upstream) ruisseau Dionne, ruisseau Guy-Lemieux, cours d'eau Bard-Drapeau, cours d'eau Chrétien, décharge du lac Ti-Pierre, cours d'eau Blanchet

The Saint-Jean River (in French: rivière Saint-Jean) flows through the municipalities of Sainte-Louise (MRC of L'Islet Regional County Municipality), as well as Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth and La Pocatière, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, in Canada. [1]

Contents

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Saint-Jean was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec. [2]

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References

  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation" . Retrieved 2021-01-08.
  2. "Rivière Saint-Jean". Commission de toponymie du Québec . Retrieved December 27, 2018.
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