Saint-Athanase, Quebec, MRC de Témiscouata, Quebec, Canada, confluence of « Branche Ouest du Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire » (West Branch of Clearwater brook) and « Petit ruisseau à l'Eau Claire » (Little Clearwater brook) in Quebec
The West Branch Little Black River (French: Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire) is a short river in Quebec and northern Maine.
Geography
The river runs east and southeast, roughly along the border between Témiscouata and Kamouraska RCM, to the Canada–United States border in Maine Township 19, Range 12, WELS.
5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) at Northwest of the border between Quebec and Maine;
11.7 kilometres (7.3 mi) at Northeast of the confluence of the "West Branch Little Black River".
Course of Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire (Clearwater brook) (segment of 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) flowing in Quebec)
The segment of this river in Canadian territory is named "Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire" (Clearwater brook) and runs as follows:
1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) Southward to the boundary of the unorganized territory of Picard;
3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) to the Southeast in the unorganized territory of Picard, to a stream (from the southwest);
1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) to the Southeast, to the boundary of the municipality of Saint-Athanase, Quebec;
1.0 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the Southeast in Saint-Athanase, Quebec to the limit of the unorganized territory of Picard;
0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) to the Southeast in the unorganized territory of Picard, to the border between Quebec and Maine.
Course of West Branch Little Black River(segment of 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) from the Maine)
From the border between Quebec and Maine, the "West Branch Little Black River" flows as follows:
2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) (or 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) in a straight line) to the Southeast, winding up to Morrison Creek (from the West) which course begins in the unorganized territory of Picard, in Kamouraska Regional County Municipality (RCM), in Quebec;
3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) to the Southeast, up to the confluence of the river.[1]
The toponym "Ruisseau à l'Eau Claire" (English: Clearwater brook) was officialized on December 5, 1968, at Commission de toponymie du Québec (Québec Names Place Board).[2]
