The Goudron River (in French: rivière Goudron) is a tributary of the east bank of the Kamouraska River, which flows on the south bank of the St. Lawrence river two km east of the centre of the village of Kamouraska.
Goudron River | |
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Native name | Rivière Goudron (French) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Bas-Saint-Laurent |
MRC | Kamouraska Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Agricultural streams |
• location | Saint-André |
• coordinates | 47.64402°N 69.75662°W / 47.64402; -69.75662 |
• elevation | 120 metres (390 ft) |
Mouth | Kamouraska River |
• location | Kamouraska |
• coordinates | 47.5425°N 69.84306°W / 47.5425; -69.84306 |
• elevation | 10 metres (33 ft) |
Length | 38.0 kilometres (23.6 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Kamouraska River, St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) ruisseau Poivrier, ruisseau du Pont-de-Fer. |
• right | (upstream) cours d'eau Lévesque, cours d'eau Chénard. |
The Goudron river flows on the Côte-du-Sud in the municipalities of Saint-André, Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Saint-Germain, Saint-Pascal, and Kamouraska, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in province of Quebec, in Canada.
Originating from a marsh area in Saint-André, the Goudon River is located on either side of the highway 20 on the south of the dividing line with the Soucy-Lapointe stream which flows towards the Fouquette river; the latter empties on the southern coast of the estuary of Saint Lawrence. This source is located at 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) east of the southeastern coast of the St. Lawrence River and at 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) southeast of the center of the village of Saint-André.[1]
From its source, the Tar River flows over 38.0 kilometres (23.6 mi) in agricultural or village zones, divided into the following segments:
This confluence is located at 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi) east of the southeastern coast of the estuary of Saint Lawrence, at 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) to the northeast from the center of the village of Saint-Pascal, at 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) north-west of the center of the village of Kamouraska, and at 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) southwest of the center of the village of Saint-Germain.[1]
The toponym Rivière Goudron was formalized onDecember 5, 1968 by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
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