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The rivière du Petit Portage (in English: Little Portage River) is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
| Rivière du Petit Portage | |
|---|---|
  | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| MRC | Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Douglas Lake |
| • location | Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset |
| • coordinates | 45°50′00″N 70°45′16″W / 45.833246°N 70.754435°W |
| • elevation | 430 metres (1,410 ft) |
| Mouth | Chaudière River |
• location | Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce |
• coordinates | 45°50′49″N 70°38′47″W / 45.84694°N 70.64639°W |
• elevation | 255 metres (837 ft) |
| Length | 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) |
| Basin size | 27.2 kilometres (16.90 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
| River system | St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) |
| • right | (upstream) |
The Petit Portage river flows in the municipalities of Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset and Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.[1]
Toponymy
editThe toponym Rivière du Petit Portage was formalized on February 28, 1980, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
