Maskinongé River
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The Maskinongé River is located north of the administrative region of Lanaudière and west of the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.
Quick Facts Maskinongé River "Rivière Maskinongé" (in French), Location ...
Maskinongé River "Rivière Maskinongé" (in French) | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Mauricie |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Maskinongé |
• location | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada |
• coordinates | 46°19′16″N 72°21′42″W |
• elevation | 142 m (466 ft) |
Mouth | Lake Saint-Pierre |
• location | Maskinongé, Mauricie, Quebec, Canada |
• coordinates | 46°09′48″N 73°01′06″W |
• elevation | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (from the mouth) Ruisseau du rang Double, décharge du lac du rang Double, décharge du Lac Marianne, décharge du Lac François, ruisseau Lafrenière, rivière Blanche, Rivière Mandeville. |
• right | (from the mouth) La Grande Décharge, Rivière de l'Ormière, ruisseau Penotte, La Grande Coulée, ruisseau au Castor, décharge du Petit lac à Nadon, ruisseau Charbonneau. |
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The river has a total length of 40 km. It takes its source in Maskinongé Lake, located in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon. It crosses the municipalities of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Saint-Gabriel, and Saint-Didace in the region of Lanaudière; then Saint-Justin, Louiseville, and Maskinongé before pour into the north shore of Lake Saint-Pierre at the height of this municipality.