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Le Petit Chenail

October 31, 2023

Le Petit Chenail (English: The Little Chenail) connects the west bank of the Yamaska River and the south bank of the Rivière Pot au Beurre, thus forming the Île du Domaine (length: 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) in a north–south direction; maximum width: 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi)) in the municipality of Yamaska in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Montérégie, on the South Shore of Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada.

Le Petit Chenail (The Little Chenail)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionMontérégie
MRCPierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality
MunicipalityYamaska, Sainte-Victoire
Physical characteristics
SourceSaint-Louis River
 • locationYamaska
 • elevation5 m (16 ft)
MouthYamaska River
 • location
Yamaska
 • coordinates
46°01′34″N 72°55′14″W / 46.02611°N 72.92056°W / 46.02611; -72.92056
 • elevation
4 m (13 ft)
Length27.7 km (17.2 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • left(upward)
 • right(upward) Cours d'eau Cartier, Saint-Louis River

Geography edit

The main hydrographic slopes near the "Petit Chenail" are:

The Petit Chenail is mainly fed by the Saint-Louis River (coming from the west). Its course borders the western part of the island of the Domaine.

The northern part of the channel crosses 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) a marsh area to the lower part of the Rivière Pot au Beurre.[1]

Le Petit Chenail connects to the Yamaska River at 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) downstream from the Camille-Parenteau Bridge crossed by route 132 and at 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) upstream of the southern tip of Île Saint-Jean.[1]

Toponymy edit

The toponym "Le Petit Chenail" was officially registered on January 21, 1975, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Features extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved December 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Le Petit Chenail"

October 31, 2023
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