The rivière de la Fourche (in English: river of the Fork) crosses the municipality of Saint-Philémon (MRC Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality), as well as Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice-de-Buckland and Armagh, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada .

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Rivière de la Fourche
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
MRC	Bellechasse Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of the rivière des Mornes, Milieu stream and Beaudoin stream
• location	Saint-Philémon
• coordinates	46.629861°N 70.46654°W / 46.629861; -70.46654
• elevation	437 metres (1,434 ft)
Mouth	Rivière du Sud (Montmagny)
• location	Armagh
• coordinates	46.73111°N 70.55778°W / 46.73111; -70.55778
• elevation	256 metres (840 ft)
Length	29.1 kilometres (18.1 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River
Tributaries
• left	(upstream) ruisseau Chabot, ruisseau Théberge, ruisseau du Sud, rivière des Orignaux.
• right	(upstream) cours d'eau Goulet, cours d'eau du rang Taché Ouest, ruisseau de la Grillade.

The Fourche River is a tributary of the south shore of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny) which flows north-west, then north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.[1]

Toponymy

The Fourche river takes its name from the fact that the three head waterways (rivière des Orignaux, brook of Milieu and brook Beaudoin) converge together, forming a fork on the maps geographical areas, the handle of which points to the north-west.[1]

The toponym “rivière de la Fourche” was made official on September 11, 1987, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Quebec

References