Tortue River (L'Islet)
Tortue River | |
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Native name | Rivière Tortue (French) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
MRC | L'Islet Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Forest stream |
• location | Saint-Aubert |
• coordinates | 47°07′11″N 70°15′50″W / 47.11974725°N 70.26402715°W |
• elevation | 144 metres (472 ft) |
Mouth | St. Lawrence River |
• location | L'Islet |
• coordinates | 47°08′56″N 70°20′23″W / 47.14889°N 70.33972°W |
• elevation | 4 metres (13 ft) |
Length | 11.0 kilometres (6.8 mi) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) |
• right | (upstream) |
The Tortue River (in French: rivière Tortue) is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River where it empties east of the village of L'Islet-sur-Mer.[1]
Toponymy
[edit]The toponym Rivière Tortue was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]