The Noire River (in English: Black River) is the most important tributary of the Yamaska River. The Black River flows on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada, passing through the municipalities of:
Rivière Pot au Beurre | |
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![]() Noire River at Roxton Falls | |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie and Montérégie |
MRC | Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality, Acton Regional County Municipality, Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality, La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality |
Municipality | Saint-Pie, Stukely-Sud |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Mountain streams |
• location | Stukely-Sud |
• coordinates | 45°21′19″N 72°27′38″W |
• elevation | 262 m (860 ft) |
Mouth | Yamaska River |
• location | Saint-Pie |
• coordinates | 45°32′46″N 72°57′45″W |
• elevation | 26 m (85 ft) |
Length | 1,046 km (650 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) ruisseaux: Monast, décharge du Cordon, Gazaille, du Village, des Castors, Guilmain-Phaneuf, Filiatreault, Gaudet, Arthur-Tétreault, Runnels, Laliberté, Viens, Castagne, Beauregard, Robichaud, Duhamel. |
• right | (upstream) ruisseaux: des Allonges, décharge des Douze, Lavoie, Ménard, petit ruisseau Saint-François, des Glaises, Paul, Frégault, rivière le Renne, Despault, Blanchard, Wilfrid-Coutu, Gilbert-Champagne, Roireau, Cyr, Jaune River (Noire River tributary), Lambert, Bisonnette, Bombardier, Benda, Rouge River (Noire River tributary). |
MRC Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Estrie:
MRC Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Estrie:
MRC of Acton Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Montérégie
MRC Les Maskoutains Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Montérégie
MRC of La Haute-Yamaska Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Montérégie
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Black River are:
The Black River begins in an area northeast of Waterloo Lake in the Municipality of Stukely-Sud.
Upper course of the river (segment of 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi))
From a very small head lake located in Stukely-Sud, the Rivière Noire flows over:
Course of the river downstream of Valcourt (segment of 24.6 kilometres (15.3 mi))
From route 222, passing through the village of Valcourt, the Rivière Noire flows over:
Course of the river downstream of Roxton Falls (segment of 27.1 kilometres (16.8 mi))
From Roxton Falls, the river flows over:
Course of the river downstream of the Père-Tarte dam (segment of 30.4 kilometres (18.9 mi))
From the Père-Tarte dam, the Rivière Noire flows over:
The Black River empties at the "Pointe aux Fourches" on the east bank of the Yamaska River at Saint-Pie. The mouth is located 6.7 kilometres (4.2 mi) upstream of the Douville Bridge, located southwest of Saint-Hyacinthe.[1]
The traditional Aboriginal toponymic variant is "Mkazawitekw River".
The toponym “Rivière Noire” was officially registered on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]