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Fouquette River

Coordinates: 47°42′04″N 69°42′09″W / 47.70111°N 69.7025°W / 47.70111; -69.7025
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Fouquette River
Fouquette River is located in Quebec
Fouquette River
Native nameRivière Fouquette (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionBas-Saint-Laurent
MRCKamouraska Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceAgricultural streams
 • locationSainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska
 • coordinates47°35′09″N 69°42′57″W / 47.585744°N 69.715765°W / 47.585744; -69.715765
 • elevation132 metres (433 ft)
MouthSt. Lawrence River
 • location
Saint-André-de-Kamouraska
 • coordinates
47°42′04″N 69°42′09″W / 47.70111°N 69.7025°W / 47.70111; -69.7025
 • elevation
3 metres (9.8 ft)
Length21.6 kilometres (13.4 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionKamouraska River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) Cours d'eau Soucy-Lapointe
 • right(upstream) Ruisseau Turgeon

The Fouquette river (in French: rivière Fouquette) is a tributary of the southern coast of the St. Lawrence River where it flows in front of the "Les Pèlerins" islands, in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska. This river flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Saint-André-de-Kamouraska and Saint-Alexandre, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in province of Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

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The Fouquette River has its source in an agricultural area located 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) south-east of the south-eastern coast of the estuary of Saint Lawrence, 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) south-east of the village center from Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska and 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) southeast of highway 20.[1]

From its source, the Fouquette River flows for 21.6 kilometres (13.4 mi), divided into the following segments:

  • 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) northeast in Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, to route 230 West;
  • 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north-west, then north-east, to the Route de la Station which crosses the hamlet "Saint-André-Station";
  • 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north-east in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, including a 0.6 km (0.37 mi) segment in Saint-Alexandre, up to the Lapointe road;
  • 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) north-east, of which about 320 m (1,050 ft) in a marsh area constitutes the limit between Saint-André-de-Kamouraska and Saint-Alexandre, up to the limit of Saint-Alexandre;
  • 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) north, to highway 20, which it crosses;
  • 0.3 kilometres (0.19 mi) northeast, to route 289;
  • 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) north, to the Saint-André-de-Kamouraska limit;
  • 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) north-west, flowing near the rivière des Caps, up to the route 132 which it crosses;
  • 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) south-west, up to its confluence.[1]

The confluence of the Fouquette river is located on a long shore at low tide, at the foot of "La Grosse Montagne", 3.4 km (2.1 mi) northeast of the center of the village of Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, 6.1 km (3.8 mi) to the west of the center of the village of Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska and 3.4 km (2.1 mi) west of the junction of exit 488 of highway 20.[1]

Toponymy

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The term “Fouquette” constitutes a surname of French origin.

The toponym “Rivière Fouquette” was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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 Fouquette". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved December 18, 2018.