The Legendre river (in French: rivière Legendre) is a tributary of the Felton River which flows into the Baie Sauvage to the south of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River.
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Legendre River | |
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Native name | Rivière Legendre (French) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
MRC | Le Granit Regional County Municipality |
Municipality | Milan, Stornoway |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Whitton Lake |
• location | Milan |
• coordinates | 45.589327°N 71.167044°W / 45.589327; -71.167044 |
• elevation | 518 m (1,699 ft) |
Mouth | Felton River |
• location | Saint-Romain |
• coordinates | 45.73889°N 71.13695°W / 45.73889; -71.13695 |
• elevation | 325 m (1,066 ft) |
Length | 25.1 km (15.6 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Saint-François River, St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) |
• right | (upstream) |
The course of the "Legendre river" crosses the territories of the municipalities of Milan and Stornoway, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada.
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the "Legendre river" are:
The Legendre River has its source on the northern slope of a mountain (summit at 550 metres (1,800 ft)) of Milan. This source is located in a forest zone north of route 214.
From its source, the river flows over:
The Legendre river empties on the west bank of the Felton River, at 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) upstream of the limit of Parc national de Frontenac and at 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) upstream of the confluence of the Sauvage River.
The toponym "Rivière Legendre" was officially registered on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
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