Rivière des Perdrix (Bras Saint-Nicolas)
The rivière des Perdrix flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Cap-Saint-Ignace and Montmagny, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
| Rivière des Perdrix | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| MRC | Montmagny Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mountain and forest streams |
| • location | Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire |
| • coordinates | 46.864216°N 70.404992°W |
| • elevation | 408 metres (1,339 ft) |
| Mouth | Bras Saint-Nicolas |
• location | Montmagny |
• coordinates | 46.98583°N 70.51694°W |
• elevation | 10 metres (33 ft) |
| Length | 32.3 kilometres (20.1 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Bras Saint-Nicolas, Rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) ruisseau des Prairies |
| • right | (upstream) cours d'eau Gagné, Rivière Inconnue (rivière des Perdrix) |
The Rivière des Perdrix is a tributary of the south bank of the Bras Saint-Nicolas, which flows on the southeast bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
Geography
The main neighboring watersheds of the Perdrix river are:
- north side: St. Lawrence River, Bras Saint-Nicolas;
- east side: Guimont stream, Bras Saint-Nicolas, Inconnue River;
- south side: rivière du Sud (Montmagny), Fraser River, Alick River;
- west side: rivière du Sud (Montmagny), Bras Saint-Nicolas.[1]
The Perdrix River has its source on the northern slope of the "Maple Mountain", on the northern slope of the Notre Dame Mountains, in the municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire. Several branches of mountain and forest streams feed the head of the Perdrix River.[1]
From its source, the Perdrix River flows over 32.3 kilometres (20.1 mi), divided into the following segments:
- 3.3 kilometres (2.1 mi) north-east in Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, to the confluence of a stream branch (coming from the south);
- 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi) northward, up to the confluence of the Inconnue River (coming from the south-east);
- 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) north, to the limit between Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire and Cap-Saint-Ignace;
- 13.2 kilometres (8.2 mi) north, up to Chemin des Érables-Ouest;
- 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) west, crossing the route des Pommiers, to Chemin Bellevue-Ouest;
- 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) west, to the limit between Cap-Saint-Ignace and Montmagny;
- 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) west, to highway 20;
- 0.3 kilometres (0.19 mi) north, up to its confluence.[1]
Rivière des Perdrix flows on the south shore of Bras Saint-Nicolas. This confluence is located 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) from the south shore of St. Lawrence River, at 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) downstream of the limit between Cap-Saint-Ignace and Montmagny, as well as 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) upstream of the railway bridge that crosses the town of Montmagny.[1]
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière des Perdrix was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]