Rivière du Petit Portage

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
Rivière du Petit Portage is located in Quebec
Rivière du Petit Portage
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCBeauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceDouglas Lake
 • locationSaint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
 • coordinates45°50′00″N 70°45′16″W / 45.833246°N 70.754435°W / 45.833246; -70.754435
 • elevation430 metres (1,410 ft)
MouthChaudière River
 • location
Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
 • coordinates
45°50′49″N 70°38′47″W / 45.84694°N 70.64639°W / 45.84694; -70.64639
 • elevation
255 metres (837 ft)
Length6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi)
Basin size27.2 kilometres (16.90 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionChaudière River, St. Lawrence River
River systemSt. 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

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The toponym Rivière du Petit Portage was formalized on February 28, 1980, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponyms: Rivière du Petit Portage.