Rivière aux Vaches

Rivière aux Vaches
Map
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
Regional County MunicipalityDrummond Regional County Municipality and Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceVarious agricultural streams
 • locationDrummondville
 • coordinates45°53′46″N 72°31′45″W / 45.89611°N 72.52917°W / 45.89611; -72.52917
 • elevation86 m (282 ft)
MouthSaint-François River
 • location
Saint-François-du-Lac
 • coordinates
46°02′06″N 72°46′22″W / 46.035°N 72.77277°W / 46.035; -72.77277
 • elevation
69 m (226 ft)
Length339 km (211 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • left(Upstream) ruisseau Pékasso, cours d'eau Georges-Côté, décharge des Vingt, ruisseau Labonté, ruisseau Allard.
 • right(Upstream) cours d'eau Crevier, ruisseau Turmel, ruisseau Thibault-Salvas, ruisseau des Seize Arpents, ruisseau Léopold-Joyal, décharge des Dix.

The rivière aux Vaches is a tributary of the Saint-François River. It flows northwest in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada, crossing the municipalities of:

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near the Vaches River are:

The Vaches River originates from agricultural streams draining the area north of highway 20 and north of the highway Interchange 55, west of the city of Drummondville. This headland is located in the "Grantham-Ouest" sector, north of highway 20 and west of the town of Drummondville.[1]

From autoroute 20, the rivière aux Vaches flows mainly in agricultural zones on:

  • 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) north-west in the "Grantham-Ouest" sector, up to boul. Lemire West;
  • 9.9 kilometres (6.2 mi) northwesterly, crossing Saint-Majorique-de-Grantham and Saint-Bonaventure where it winds, up to rang Petit 5 road;
  • 5.7 kilometres (3.5 mi) (or 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) in a direct line) winding north-west in Saint-Bonaventure, up to rue Principale crossed by the river in the heart of the village;
  • 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) north-west, to the 2e rang road;
  • 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) (4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) in direct line) along route 143 and meandering northwest through Saint-Pie-de-Guire, up to the 13e rang road that the river crosses to the northeast of the village;
  • 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) (3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) in direct line) winding north-west through Saint-Pie-de-Guire and Saint-François-du-Lac, up to the mouth.[1]

The Vaches River flows on the southwest bank of the Saint-François River, facing "La Grande Île" and at the foot of the "Rapides Pôltegok". The mouth is located 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) upstream of the Blondin bridge which connects Saint-François-du-Lac (southwest side) and Pierreville (north-east side).[1]

Toponymy

The course of the river being mainly in agricultural zone, the cattle (especially cows) come to drink there during all the grazing season (usually from May to November for this region). The river was also used as a grazing limit because the cattle are bad swimmers. Given the relatively uneven relief of this hydrographic slope, the "Vaches River" is aptly named.

The toponym "Rivière aux Vaches" was officially registered on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 5 September 2015.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Rivière aux Vaches
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