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Savoie River
The Savoy River (in French: rivière Savoy) is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows north to empty onto the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Elzéar and Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, in the La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. GeographyThe main neighboring watersheds of the Savoie river are:
The Savoie river has its source in the Haut-Saint-Olivier range, in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar, on the north slope of Mont du Cosmos. This head zone is located 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest of the center of the village of Saint-Elzéar, at 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) west of the Chaudière River and 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) north of the summit of Mont Saint-André. From its source (i.e. at the level of the Haut-Saint-Olivier road), the Savoie river flows on 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) divided into the following segments:
The Savoie river empties on the west bank of the Chaudière River, in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce. This confluence is located 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi) downstream from the confluence of the Nadeau River and Lessard River, as well as at 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) upstream of the Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce bridge. ToponymyThe toponym Rivière Savoie was formalized on October 6, 1983, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2] See alsoReferences |
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