Saint-Jean River (La Pocatière)

The Saint-Jean River (in French: rivière Saint-Jean) flows through the municipalities of Sainte-Louise (MRC of L'Islet Regional County Municipality), as well as Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth and La Pocatière, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in Quebec, in Canada.[1]

Saint-Jean River
Native nameRivière Saint-Jean  (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches, Bas-Saint-Laurent
MRCL'Islet Regional County Municipality, Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceLake Litalien
  locationSainte-Louise
  coordinates47.28139°N 70.01472°W / 47.28139; -70.01472
  elevation291 metres (955 ft)
MouthSt. Lawrence River
  location
La Pocatière
  coordinates
47.39555°N 70.04388°W / 47.39555; -70.04388
  elevation
4 metres (13 ft)
Length24.6 kilometres (15.3 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  left(upstream) ruisseau des Prairies, décharge du lac de la Traverse
  right(upstream) ruisseau Dionne, ruisseau Guy-Lemieux, cours d'eau Bard-Drapeau, cours d'eau Chrétien, décharge du lac Ti-Pierre, cours d'eau Blanchet

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Saint-Jean was formalized on December 5, 1968 by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

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