Felton River

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Felton River
Rivière Felton vue de la route 108 vers le nord.jpg
Felton River seen from Highway 108 north towards Baie Sauvage.
Native nameRivière Felton  (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionEstrie
MRCLe Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
MunicipalityWeedon
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of Noire River and Blanche River
 • locationSaint-Romain
 • coordinates45°41′23″N 71°06′33″W / 45.689828°N 71.109101°W / 45.689828; -71.109101
 • elevation361 m (1,184 ft)
MouthGrand lac Saint François
 • location
Saint-Romain
 • coordinates
45°47′19″N 71°08′32″W / 45.78861°N 71.14222°W / 45.78861; -71.14222Coordinates: 45°47′19″N 71°08′32″W / 45.78861°N 71.14222°W / 45.78861; -71.14222
 • elevation
289 m (948 ft)
Length14.3 km (8.9 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSaint-François River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) Legendre River, Blanche River
 • right(upstream) Sauvage River, Noire River

The rivière Felton is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the "Felton River" crosses the territory of the municipality of Saint-Romain, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada.

Geography[]

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of "Felton river" are:

The Felton River rises at the confluence of the Noire River and Blanche River, in the southern part of the Municipality of Saint-Romain. This confluence is located at 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) northwest of the boundary between the municipalities of Nantes and Saint-Romain.

From this confluence, the Felton River meanders on 7.7 kilometres (4.8 mi) towards the north-west, crossing route 108, until its confluence with Legendre River (coming from the west); on 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) north to its confluence with the Sauvage River (Felton River tributary) (coming from the east); 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) north to its mouth.[1]

The Felton River constitutes the demarcation between the municipality of Saint-Romain and Stornoway. In addition, this river constitutes the eastern limit of Parc national de Frontenac. The Felton River flows onto the south shore of Baie Sauvage which is an extension of Grand lac Saint François.

Toponymy[]

The term "Felton" is a family name of English origin. This term also refers to municipalities in United Kingdom, United States and Canada.

The toponym "Rivière Felton" was officially registered on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved December 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Rivière Felton.

See also[]

Map all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 
Download coordinates as: KML
Retrieved from ""