Blanche River (Thetford Mines)

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Blanche River
Native nameRivière Blanche  (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCLes Appalaches Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceForest streams
 • locationThetford Mines
 • coordinates46°07′25″N 71°22′25″W / 46.123734°N 71.373641°W / 46.123734; -71.373641
 • elevation526 m (1,726 ft)
MouthBécancour River
 • location
Thetford Mines
 • coordinates
46°03′22″N 71°20′35″W / 46.055996°N 71.343064°W / 46.055996; -71.343064Coordinates: 46°03′22″N 71°20′35″W / 46.055996°N 71.343064°W / 46.055996; -71.343064
 • elevation
260 m (850 ft)
Length8.2 km (5.1 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionBécancour River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) ruisseau Tanguay
 • right(upstream) ruisseau Marcoux

The Blanche river (in French: rivière Blanche) is a tributary of the Bécancour River, which flows into the St. Lawrence River. The Blanche river flows in the municipality of Thetford Mines, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

Geography[]

The main neighboring watersheds of the Blanche river are:

The Blanche River draws its source from a mountain stream located on the east side of and west of downtown Thetford Mines.

The Blanche river flows on 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) towards the south, mainly in forest territory, according to the following segments:

  • 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) south to the road;
  • 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) southward, up to route 122 which it cuts to the southwest of the city of Thetford Mines;
  • 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) towards the south, until its mouth.[1]

The Blanche River empties on the north shore of the Bécancour River, northeast of Black Lake, near an open pit mine.

Toponymy[]

The toponym Rivière Blanche was formalized on December 5, 1975, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also[]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-02.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: rivière Blanche.
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