The Dufour River (in French: rivière Dufour) is a tributary of the east bank of the Kamouraska River, which empties on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence river two km east of the center of the village of Kamouraska.

Dufour River
Native name	Rivière Dufour  (French)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Bas-Saint-Laurent
MRC	Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source	Agricultural streams
• location	Saint-Philippe-de-Néri
• coordinates	47.479608°N 69.845534°W / 47.479608; -69.845534
• elevation	74 metres (243 ft)
Mouth	Kamouraska River
• location	Saint-Pascal
• coordinates	47.51944°N 69.83583°W / 47.51944; -69.83583
• elevation	20 metres (66 ft)
Length	5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Kamouraska River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries
• left	(upstream)
• right	(upstream) Ruisseau Creux

The Dufour river flows in the municipalities of Saint-Philippe-de-Néri and Saint-Pascal, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in province of Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The source of this river is located south of fourth rang, 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) southeast of Kamouraska bay, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, at 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) north of the village of Mont-Carmel, 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) east of the center of the village of Saint-Philippe-de-Néri and 5.9 kilometres (3.7 mi) southwest from the center of the village of Saint-Pascal. The Commission de toponymie du Québec assigns the status of a stream to this watercourse.[1]

From its source, the Dufour river flows over 5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi), divided into the following segments:

• 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) north-east in Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, to the limit of Saint-Pascal;
• 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) north-east in Saint-Pascal collecting water from the Creux streams (coming from the south and drawing its source at Lake Saint-Pierre), up to the Beaulieu road;
• 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) north, to its confluence which is connected (on the southeast side) to the autoroute 20 bridge.[1]

This confluence is 2.3 km (1.4 mi) west of the center of the village of Saint-Pacôme.[1]

Toponymy

The term "Dufour" constitutes a French Canadian surname.

The toponym “Rivière Dufour” was formalized on June 29, 1983, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Quebec

References