Rivière du Moulin (Bras Saint-Michel)
The rivière du Moulin crosses the municipalities of Saint-Lazare, Saint-Nérée and Saint-Gervais, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
| Rivière du Moulin | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| MRC | Bellechasse Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Agricultural streams |
| • location | Saint-Lazare |
| • coordinates | 46.666061°N 70.766539°W |
| • elevation | 329 metres (1,079 ft) |
| Mouth | Bras Saint-Michel |
• location | Saint-Gervais |
• coordinates | 46.76611°N 70.86333°W |
• elevation | 84 metres (276 ft) |
| Length | 20.3 kilometres (12.6 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Bras Saint-Michel, rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) ruisseau Leblond |
| • right | (upstream) ruisseau Larochelle |
The Moulin river is a tributary of the south bank of the Bras Saint-Michel, which flows north-east to empty onto the north-west bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
Geography
The Moulin River has its source in the 6th rang East, at 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) northeast of the center of the village of Saint-Lazare. From its source, the Moulin river flows over 20.3 kilometres (12.6 mi), divided into the following segments:
- 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) east, then north in Saint-Lazare, up to the limit of Saint-Nérée;
- 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi) northeasterly, curving northeasterly to the boundary between the municipalities of Saint-Nérée and Saint-Gervais;
- 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west to a road;
- 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) north-west to a road that crosses the Faubourg-du-Moulin;
- 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) northward to the confluence of the Larochelle stream;
- 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) north, up to its confluence.[1]
The Moulin River empties on the south shore of Bras Saint-Michel in the municipality of Saint-Gervais (at the limit of Saint-Charles-Borromée). This confluence is located at 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) north of the center of the village of Saint-Gervais, at 9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) south of the center from the village of La Durantaye.
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière du Moulin was made official on January 21, 1975 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]