Aulneuse River
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| Aulneuse River | |
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| Native name | Rivière Aulneuse (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| MRC | Lotbinière Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Agricultural and forest streams |
| • location | Saint-Apollinaire |
| • coordinates | 46°35′18″N 71°28′36″W / 46.58842°N 71.476588°W |
| • elevation | 128 metres (420 ft) |
| Mouth | St. Lawrence River |
• location | Saint-Nicolas |
• coordinates | 46°42′32″N 71°22′56″W / 46.70889°N 71.38222°W |
• elevation | 4 metres (13 ft) |
| Length | 26.2 kilometres (16.3 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) rivière des Moulanges, ruisseau Le Rigolet |
| • right | (upstream) ruisseau Simoneau |
The Aulneuse River (French: rivière Aulneuse) is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. This river flows through the municipalities of Saint-Apollinaire and the town of Lévis (Saint-Nicolas sector), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Aulneuse river are:
- North side: St. Lawrence River;
- East side: Prairies stream, Chaudière River, Beaurivage River;
- South side: Beaurivage River, Loup River;
- West side: Rondeau creek, Bourret creek, Bois Franc creek, Huron River, St. Lawrence River.
The Aulneuse river has its source in an agricultural and forest zone at 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) west of the Lac-du-Sacré-Coeur hamlet of Saint-Apollinaire, at 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) at south-east of the village of Saint-Apollinaire and at 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west of the center of the village of Saint-Agapit. This zone is located on the west side of route 273.
The Aulneuse river flows over 26.2 kilometres (16.3 mi) with a drop of 124 metres (407 ft), divided into the following segments:
From its head area, the Aulneuse river flows over:
- 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) eastward, to the hamlet of Lac-du-Sacré-Coeur bridge;
- 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northeasterly, up to the limit between the municipalities of Saint-Apollinaire and Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon;
- 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) north-west, up to the same intermunicipal limit;
- 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) north-west, crossing the route du rang de Gaspé, up to the municipal limit of Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon and Lévis (Saint-Nicolas sector);
- 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) north-east, in Lévis (Saint-Nicolas sector), to highway 20;
- 12.9 kilometres (8.0 mi) north-east, up to route 132, in Lévis (Saint-Nicolas sector);
- 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) north, up to its confluence.[1]
After crossing the falls at Desrochers, the Aulneuse river flows over the flats of Anse Ross, on the south shore of the estuary of Saint Lawrence, on the east side of the river of the village of Saint-Nicolas in the town of Lévis and west of the hamlet of La Citrouille. Its confluence is located west of the confluence of the Chaudière River.