Английская Википедия:Fortier River (Bécancour River tributary)

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox river The Fortier River (in French: rivière Fortier) is a tributary of the Bécancour River (via William Lake. It flows in the municipalities of Vianney and Saint-Ferdinand, in the L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Fortier river are:

The Fortier River has its source in the mountains, at Шаблон:Convert at south-west of a summit (elevation: Шаблон:Convert, at Шаблон:Convert west of hamlet "Le Cent-Ans" and Шаблон:Convert south of William Lake.

From its source, the Fortier river flows over Шаблон:Convert generally North, with a drop of Шаблон:Convert, divided into the following segments:

  • Шаблон:Convert towards north, crossing "Route de Vianney", descending the mountain, to the fifth rang road;
  • Шаблон:Convert north, crossing the sixth rang road, collecting the water of the discharge of lake Tanguay (coming from west), collecting water from ruisseau Larose and crossing route 165 in the hamlet Woodside, up to the mouth.[1]

The Fortier river empties on the south-est bank of the Bécancour River (via William Lake) at the end of a peninsula which located north of Langlois Bay. This confluence is located 3.3 km north-west of the downtown of Saint-Ferdinand.

Toponymy

The term "Fortier" turns out to be a family name of French origin.

The toponym "rivière Fortier" was made official on August 17, 1978, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

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References

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