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Lacaille River | |
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Native name | Rivière Lacaille (French) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Desjardins Regional County Municipality | MRC |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Agricultural streams |
• location | Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud |
• coordinates | 46°56′33″N 70°39′04″W / 46.94259725°N 70.65119865°W / 46.94259725; -70.65119865 |
• elevation | 35 metres (115 ft) |
Mouth | St. Lawrence River |
• location | Montmagny |
• coordinates | 46°59′21″N 70°35′15″W / 46.98917°N 70.5875°W / 46.98917; -70.5875 |
• elevation | 4 metres (13 ft) |
Length | 12.8 kilometres (8.0 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) |
The rivière à Lacaille (in English: Lacaille River) is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Montmagny, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière à Lacaille was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
See also
References
- "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière à Lacaille.
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