The rivière à la Loutre (English: Otter River) crosses the municipalities of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy and Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
| Rivière à la Loutre | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| Regional County Municipality | Montmagny Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Forest and mountain streams |
| • location | Saint-Paul-de-Montminy |
| • coordinates | 46°44′48″N 70°23′36″W / 46.74667°N 70.39333°W |
| • elevation | 435 m (1,427 ft) |
| Mouth | Rivière du Sud (Montmagny) |
• location | Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud |
• coordinates | 46°46′04″N 70°28′12″W / 46.76778°N 70.47000°W |
• elevation | 202 m (663 ft) |
| Length | 7.0 km (4.3 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Rivière du Sud (Montmagny), Saint Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) |
| • right | (upstream) |
Rivière à la Loutre is a tributary of the south shore of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny) which flows first southwest, then northeast to the south shore of Saint Lawrence River.
Geography
editThe Loutre river has its source in a mountainous area in the first rang of the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy in the Notre Dame Mountains.[1]
From its source, the Rivière à la Loutre "flows through a valley steeped in 7.0 km (4.3 mi) according to the following segments:
- 2.7 km (1.7 mi) north-west, up to rang Sainte-Anne-Ouest road;
- 2.8 km (1.7 mi) west, crossing the Sirois-Sud road, to the main west street that it intersects at 1.2 km (0.75 mi) southwest of the center the village of Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud;
- 1.5 km (0.93 mi) towards the west, collecting a stream (coming from the east), until its confluence.[1]
Rivière à la Loutre empties onto the south shore of the Rivière du Sud (Montmagny) near the boundary of the municipalities of Armagh and Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud.[1]
Toponymy
editThis toponym appears on a map dated 1952.
The toponym Rivière à la Loutre was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
