Joncas River (Ferrée River tributary)

The Joncas River (in French: rivière Joncas) flows entirely in the municipality of Sainte-Louise, in the L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada.

Joncas River
Joncas River (Ferrée River tributary) is located in Quebec
Joncas River (Ferrée River tributary)
Native nameRivière Joncas (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCL'Islet Regional County Municipality, Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceForest streams
 • locationSainte-Louise
 • coordinates47°16′42″N 70°04′47″W / 47.278229°N 70.079735°W / 47.278229; -70.079735
 • elevation195 metres (640 ft)
MouthFerrée River
 • location
Sainte-Louise
 • coordinates
47°14′36″N 70°10′17″W / 47.24333°N 70.17139°W / 47.24333; -70.17139
 • elevation
47 metres (154 ft)
Length10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) Ruisseau Gaudet
 • right(upstream)

The confluence of the Joncas river constitutes the head of the Ferrée River, which flows on 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi) towards the north to go to the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. This last confluence is located in the small hamlet of Village-des-Aulnaies, located southwest of the village of La Pocatière and northeast of the village of Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies.[1]

Toponymy

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The toponym Joncas was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - List of place names - Toponym: "rivière Joncas".