The Fourche river takes its name from the fact that the three head waterways (rivière des Orignaux, brook of Milieu and brook Beaudoin) converge together, forming a fork on the maps geographical areas, the handle of which points to the north-west.[1]
^ ab"Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-07.
^Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: "rivière de la Fourche".
rivière, fourche, rivière, tributary, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, rivière, fourche, rivière, tri. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Riviere de la Fourche riviere du Sud tributary news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message The riviere de la Fourche in English river of the Fork crosses the municipality of Saint Philemon MRC Les Etchemins Regional County Municipality as well as Notre Dame Auxiliatrice de Buckland and Armagh in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality in the administrative region of Chaudiere Appalaches in Quebec in Canada Riviere de la FourcheLocationCountryCanadaProvinceQuebecRegionChaudiere AppalachesMRCBellechasse Regional County MunicipalityPhysical characteristicsSourceConfluence of the riviere des Mornes Milieu stream and Beaudoin stream locationSaint Philemon coordinates46 37 47 N 70 28 00 W 46 629861 N 70 46654 W 46 629861 70 46654 elevation437 metres 1 434 ft MouthRiviere du Sud Montmagny locationArmagh coordinates46 43 52 N 70 33 28 W 46 73111 N 70 55778 W 46 73111 70 55778 elevation256 metres 840 ft Length29 1 kilometres 18 1 mi Basin featuresProgressionRiviere du Sud Montmagny St Lawrence RiverTributaries left upstream ruisseau Chabot ruisseau Theberge ruisseau du Sud riviere des Orignaux right upstream cours d eau Goulet cours d eau du rang Tache Ouest ruisseau de la Grillade The Fourche River is a tributary of the south shore of the riviere du Sud Montmagny which flows north west then north east to the south shore of the St Lawrence River 1 Toponymy EditThe Fourche river takes its name from the fact that the three head waterways riviere des Orignaux brook of Milieu and brook Beaudoin converge together forming a fork on the maps geographical areas the handle of which points to the north west 1 The toponym riviere de la Fourche was made official on September 11 1987 at the Commission de toponymie du Quebec 2 See also Edit nbsp Rivers portalList of rivers of QuebecReferences Edit a b Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada Characteristics extracted from the geographic map database and site instrumentation Retrieved 2021 01 07 Commission de toponymie du Quebec Place name bank Toponym riviere de la Fourche Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Riviere de la Fourche riviere du Sud tributary amp oldid 1060367604, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
