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Rivière du Moulin (Bras Saint-Michel)

Coordinates: 46°45′58″N 70°51′48″W / 46.76611°N 70.86333°W / 46.76611; -70.86333
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Rivière du Moulin
Rivière du Moulin (Bras Saint-Michel) is located in Quebec
Rivière du Moulin (Bras Saint-Michel)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCBellechasse Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceAgricultural streams
 • locationSaint-Lazare
 • coordinates46°39′58″N 70°46′00″W / 46.666061°N 70.766539°W / 46.666061; -70.766539
 • elevation329 metres (1,079 ft)
MouthBras Saint-Michel
 • location
Saint-Gervais
 • coordinates
46°45′58″N 70°51′48″W / 46.76611°N 70.86333°W / 46.76611; -70.86333
 • elevation
84 metres (276 ft)
Length20.3 kilometres (12.6 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionBras Saint-Michel, rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) ruisseau Leblond
 • right(upstream) ruisseau Larochelle

The rivière du Moulin crosses the municipalities of Saint-Lazare, Saint-Nérée and Saint-Gervais, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

The Moulin river is a tributary of the south bank of the Bras Saint-Michel, which flows north-east to empty onto the north-west bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Geography

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The Moulin River has its source in the sixth rang East, at 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) northeast of the center of the village of Saint-Lazare. From its source, the Moulin river flows over 20.3 kilometres (12.6 mi), divided into the following segments:

  • 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) east, then north in Saint-Lazare, up to the limit of Saint-Nérée;
  • 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi) northeasterly, curving northeasterly to the boundary between the municipalities of Saint-Nérée and Saint-Gervais;
  • 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west to a road;
  • 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) north-west to a road that crosses the Faubourg-du-Moulin;
  • 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) northward to the confluence of the Larochelle stream;
  • 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) north, up to its confluence.[1]

The Moulin River empties on the south shore of Bras Saint-Michel in the municipality of Saint-Gervais (at the limit of Saint-Charles-Borromée). This confluence is located at 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) north of the center of the village of Saint-Gervais, at 9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) south of the center from the village of La Durantaye.

Toponymy

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The toponym Rivière du Moulin was made official on January 21, 1975, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: Rivière du Moulin.