The Victoria River (in French: rivière Victoria) is a tributary of the Chaudière River, therefore a sub-tributary of the St. Lawrence River.
Victoria River | |
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Native name | Rivière Victoria (French) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
MRC | Le Granit Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Noël |
• location | Val-Racine |
• coordinates | 45.444929°N 71.088961°W / 45.444929; -71.088961 |
• elevation | 534 metres (1,752 ft) |
Mouth | Lake Mégantic, Chaudière River |
• location | Marston |
• coordinates | 45.539944°N 70.928746°W / 45.539944; -70.928746 |
• elevation | 388 metres (1,273 ft) |
Length | 21.2 kilometres (13.2 mi) |
Basin size | 140.5 kilometres (87.30 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
River system | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) décharge du lac McKenzie, ruisseau Boucher, ruisseau Saint-Joseph |
• right | (upstream) |
The Victoria River flows through the municipalities of Val-Racine, Piopolis and Marston, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring slopes of the Victoria River are:
The Victoria River has its source in Noël Lake (length: 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi); altitude: 534 metres (1,752 ft)). This lake is located 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) east of the summit of Mont Saint-Joseph which is located on the eastern flank of Mont Mégantic. This spring is located 5.1 kilometres (3.2 mi) north of the center of the village of Notre-Dame-des-Bois and 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) south-west of the center of the village of Val-Racine.
In its course to the north, then to the east, the Victoria River flows over 21.2 kilometres (13.2 mi) divided into the following segments:
The Victoria River flows onto the west shore of Victoria Bay of lake Mégantic in the municipality of Marston.[2] This confluence is located southeast of the center of the village of Marsboro, southeast of downtown Lac-Mégantic and north of the village of Piopolis. A bridge has been built near the confluence of the Victoria River, at the foot of the "Côte du Bois", between the hamlets of Vieux - Piopolis and Marsboro.
The toponym of this watercourse was attributed around the middle of the XIXth in honor of Queen Victoria, whose reign extended from 1837 to 1901.[3]
The toponym "Rivière Victoria" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[4]