Lacaille River
Native nameRivière Lacaille (French)
Location
CoutryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
Desjardins Regional County MunicipalityMRC
Physical characteristics
SourceAgricultural streams
 • locationSaint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud
 • coordinates46°56′33″N 70°39′04″W / 46.94259725°N 70.65119865°W / 46.94259725; -70.65119865
 • elevation35 metres (115 ft)
MouthSt. Lawrence River
 • location
Montmagny
 • coordinates
46°59′21″N 70°35′15″W / 46.98917°N 70.5875°W / 46.98917; -70.5875
 • elevation
4 metres (13 ft)
Length12.8 kilometres (8.0 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSt. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream)

The rivière à Lacaille (in English: Lacaille River) is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud and Montmagny, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.[1]

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière à Lacaille was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-07.
  2. ↑ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière à Lacaille.


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