Provancher Creek

Provancher Creek (French: “Ruisseau Provancher”) is a tributary of the upper part of the Mégiscane River located to the west of Gouin Reservoir, flowing entirely into forest area in the town of La Tuque, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Provancher Creek
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionMauricie
Physical characteristics
SourceProvancher Lake
 • locationLa Tuque (Provancher Township), Mauricie, Quebec
 • coordinates48°14′38″N 75°30′34″W
 • elevation413 m (1,355 ft)
MouthMégiscane River
 • location
La Tuque (Provancher Township), Mauricie, Quebec
 • coordinates
48°20′25″N 75°30′40″W
 • elevation
406 m (1,332 ft)
Length17.5 km (10.9 mi)[1]

The "Provancher Creek" flows in the Provancher and Poisson townships. Forestry is the main economic activity of this valley; recreational tourism activities, second.

Thre forested road R1009 (East-West) intersects and cuts the lower Provancher Creek Valley; this road is connected in turn to the East with the forest road R1009 (direction North-South) which serves the western part of the Gouin reservoir.

The surface of "Provancher Creek" is usually frozen from mid-November to late April, however, safe ice circulation is generally from early December to late March.

Geography

The hydrographic slopes adjacent to Provancher Creek are:

"Provancher Creek" originates at the mouth of Provancher Lake (length: 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi); altitude: 413 metres (1,355 ft)). The mouth of this head lake is located in Provancher Township, east of Médora and Chassigne lakes. This mouth is at:

From the mouth of the head lake, the course of the "Provancher Creek" flows entirely in the forest zone over 17.5 kilometres (10.9 mi) mainly in Provancher Township, according to the following segments:

  • 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) north, to the outlet (coming from the west) of an unidentified lake;
  • 7.6 kilometres (4.7 mi) to the north, forming many small coils, to the discharge (from the southeast) of an unidentified lake;
  • 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) north, up to a bend in the river;
  • 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) westward, forming a curve towards the North which passes in the canton of Poisson, to return in the canton of Provancher, until the mouth of the river.[3]

The mouth of the "Provancher Creek" merges with the "Rat Lake Water" which is crossed to the North by the Mégiscane River. This mouth is located at:

From the mouth of the Provancher Creek, the current flows over 144.95 kilometres (90.07 mi) to Gouin Dam, according to the following segments:

From this dam, the current flows along the Saint-Maurice River to Trois-Rivières.

Toponymy

The terms "Provencher" and its derivative "Provancher" are family names of French origin.

The French toponym "ruisseau Provancher" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec, e.g. at the creation of this commission.[5]

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Atlas of Canada". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-30.
  2. Distances measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Department of Natural Resources Canada.
  3. Segments of the river measured from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Department of Natural Resources Canada.
  4. Measured distances from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) of the Ministry of Natural Resources. Canada.
  5. Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Bank of Place Names – French toponym: "Ruisseau Provancher“.
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