Damnée River
| Damnée River | |
|---|---|
Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet | |
| • coordinates | 47°07′26″N 70°05′30″W / 47.123894°N 70.091586°W |
| • elevation | 382 metres (1,253 ft) |
Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet | |
• coordinates | 47°11′10″N 69°59′25″W / 47.18611°N 69.99028°W |
• elevation | 3 metres (9.8 ft) |
| Length | 16.7 kilometres (10.4 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) |
| • right | (upstream) |
The Damnée River (in French: rivière Damnée) flows entirely in the municipality of
Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet, in the L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the province of Quebec
, in Canada.
The Damnée river is a tributary of the
Rivière-Ouelle, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River
.
Geography
The Damnée river takes its source from streams descending the eastern slope of Mont Fournier which is located in the municipality of
Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet.[1]
From its source, the Damnée river flows over 16.7 kilometres (10.4 mi) in a forest zone, divided into the following segments:
- 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) heading northeast through Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet, to route 204;
- 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) northeasterly, to the outlet of Lac Boucher;
- 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) to the northeast;
- 7.4 kilometres (4.6 mi) towards the northeast, until its confluence.[1]
The confluence of the Damnée river is located in the municipality of
Saint-Damase-de-L'Islet, at 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) downstream of the limit of Tourville. This confluence is 12.8 kilometres (8.0 mi) east of Lac Sainte-Anne (located in Tourville), at 9.7 kilometres (6.0 mi) north of village of Tourville.[1]
Toponymy
The toponym Damnée river was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-08.
- ^ "Rivière Damnée". Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2018-12-16.