Henri River (Lotbinière)

The Henri River (in French: rivière Henri) is a tributary of the east bank of the rivière du Chêne which empties on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Henri River flows through the municipalities of Saint-Gilles, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Dosquet, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Val-Alain and Leclercville, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Henri River
Native nameRivière Henri  (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCLotbinière Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceAgricultural and forest streams
 • locationSaint-Gilles
 • coordinates46.4925°N 71.78611°W / 46.4925; -71.78611
 • elevation151 metres (495 ft)
MouthRivière du Chêne
 • location
Bécancour
 • coordinates
46.49258°N 71.78551°W / 46.49258; -71.78551
 • elevation
70 metres (230 ft)
Length50.1 kilometres (31.1 mi)
Basin features
River systemSt. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) ruisseau de l'Ours, calvette à la Vache, ruisseau Côté-Roy, ruisseau Cayer-Paré, ruisseau Desharnais.
 • right(upstream) rivière aux Cèdres, rivière aux Frênes, ruisseau Corbeil, ruisseau Lavigne, ruisseau Breton-Laroche, Jean-Houde River, ruisseau Perron.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Henri River are:

The Henri River takes its source on the west side of a marsh area in a forest zone in the southern part of the municipality of Saint-Gilles. This head zone is located on the west side of a marsh zone at the limit of Saint-Gilles and Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage. The head area of the river is located 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) northeast of the village of Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière and 9.2 kilometres (5.7 mi) at the west of the village of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage.

The course of the Henri river goes down with a drop of 81 metres (266 ft), on 50.1 kilometres (31.1 mi) according to the following segments:

Upper course of the Henri River (segment of 23.4 kilometres (14.5 mi))

From its source, the Henri River flows over 50.1 kilometres (31.1 mi) divided into the following segments:

Lower part of the Henri River (segment of 26.7 kilometres (16.6 mi))

From route 116, the Henri river flows over:

  • 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi) westward, up to the limit between Dosquet and Joly;
  • 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) west, up to a road of ranges 1 and 2;
  • 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) west, to a country road, which it crosses at 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) west of the center of the village of Joly;
  • 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) towards the north-west, to the limit between Joly and Val-Alain;
  • 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) northwesterly, to highway 20;
  • 8.1 kilometres (5.0 mi) (or 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) towards the northeast) winding up to the limit between Val-Alain and Leclercville (sector of "Sainte-Emmélie")
  • 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) (or 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) in a direct line) north, winding up to its confluence.[1]

The Henri river empties on the east bank of the rivière du Chêne in the locality "Les Trois-Fourches".

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Henri was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

  • Henri River
  • Henri River
  • Sign

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: Rivière Henri.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.