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About 15 km upstream of the centre of [[Drummondville]], a [[meander]] in the river forms a shape strongly resembling a profile drawing of a duck's head and neck, with an island marking the eye. The peninsula forming the "beak of the duck" is named accordingly, ''le Bec du Canard'', and the |
About 15 km upstream of the centre of [[Drummondville]], a [[meander]] in the river forms a shape strongly resembling a profile drawing of a duck's head and neck, with an island marking the eye. The peninsula forming the "beak of the duck" is named accordingly, ''le Bec du Canard'', and the |
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road running along it is ''Rue du Bec-du-Canard''.<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?q=45.833225,-72.265663&ll=45.831072,-72.265835&spn=0.094133,0.222988&oe=utf-8 Satellite view on Google Maps]</ref> |
road running along it is ''Rue du Bec-du-Canard''.<ref>[http://maps.google.com/maps?output=classic&q=45.833225,-72.265663&ll=45.831072,-72.265835&spn=0.094133,0.222988&oe=utf-8&t=k Satellite view on classic Google Maps]</ref>><ref>[http://monde.ccdmd.qc.ca/ressource/?id=35748 Page with oblique aerial photo]</ref><ref>[[:fr:Saint-Nicéphore|Saint-Nicéphore]] in the French Wikipedia</ref> |
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Revision as of 04:35, 27 March 2015
The Saint-François River is a river in the Canadian province of Quebec.
The Saint-François takes its source from
Saint Lawrence River near Pierreville
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About 15 km upstream of the centre of Drummondville, a meander in the river forms a shape strongly resembling a profile drawing of a duck's head and neck, with an island marking the eye. The peninsula forming the "beak of the duck" is named accordingly, le Bec du Canard, and the road running along it is Rue du Bec-du-Canard.[1]>[2][3]
References
- ^ Satellite view on classic Google Maps
- ^ Page with oblique aerial photo
- ^ Saint-Nicéphore in the French Wikipedia
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