Rivière à la Loutre (rivière du Sud tributary)
| 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) |
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 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
[edit]The 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
[edit]This 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]
