Rivière du Petit Moulin
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| Rivière du Petit Moulin | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| MRC | L'Islet Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Agricultural stream |
| • location | L'Islet |
| • coordinates | 47°03′55″N 70°17′36″W / 47.065151°N 70.293334°W |
| • elevation | 233 metres (764 ft) |
| Mouth | Tortue South-West River |
• location | L'Islet |
• coordinates | 47°06′31″N 70°21′03″W / 47.10861°N 70.35083°W |
• elevation | 29 metres (95 ft) |
| Length | 8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) |
| • right | (upstream) Ruisseau Sauvage |
The rivière du Petit Moulin (in English: Little River of the Mill) is a tributary of the south bank of the Tortue River South-West, which flows north-east to empty on the west bank of the Tortue river; the latter flows north and empties onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, east of the village of L'Islet-sur-Mer.
The Petit Moulin river flows exclusively in the municipality of L'Islet, in the L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The Petit Moulin river has its source east of Bras Saint-Nicolas, in the Saint-Eugène sector, of L'Islet. This spring is located in an agricultural zone to the southeast of the highway 20, at 4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi) to the southeast of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, at 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) north-west of the center of the village of Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard and at 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) to the south-east from the center of the village of Saint-Eugène.[1]
From its source, the Petit Moulin river flows over 8.7 kilometres (5.4 mi).[1]
The Petit Moulin river flows on the south bank of the Tortue River South-West. This confluence is located 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) southeast of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) upstream from the confluence of the Tortue River South-West and on the northeast side of the village of L'Islet.[1]
