The rivière du Petit Portage (in English: Little Portage River) is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

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Rivière du Petit Portage
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
MRC	Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source	Douglas Lake
• location	Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset
• coordinates	45.833246°N 70.754435°W / 45.833246; -70.754435
• elevation	430 metres (1,410 ft)
Mouth	Chaudière River
• location	Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce
• coordinates	45.84694°N 70.64639°W / 45.84694; -70.64639
• elevation	255 metres (837 ft)
Length	6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi)
Basin size	27.2 kilometres (16.90 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River
River system	St. Lawrence River
Tributaries
• left	(upstream)
• right	(upstream)

The Petit Portage river flows in the municipalities of Saint-Hilaire-de-Dorset and Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce, in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.[1]

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière du Petit Portage was formalized on February 28, 1980, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Quebec

References