River in Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada
The rivière du Moulin (in English: Mill River) crosses the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The confluence of the Moulin river constitutes the source of the Alick River which flows on the south bank of the Rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter first flows southwest, then northeast to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
Geography
The main neighboring watersheds of the Moulin river are ː
The river of the Moulin takes its source from a small lake on the northern slope of a mountain of Notre Dame Mountains, in the fifth rang, north of the village of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy. This source is located on the east side of route 283 and 6.0 kilometres (3.7 mi) east of the center of the village of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy.[1]
From its source, the Moulin river "flows over 13.6 kilometres (8.5 mi) according to the following segments:
- 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) north, then west, to the fifth rang road;
- 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) west, to Highway 283 South;
- 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) north-west, crossing route 216 and along 2e rang road (on the west side), to the path of third rang;
- 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) north-west, up to the 1er rang road;
- 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi), up to its confluence which also constitutes the confluence of the Dominique stream. These two confluences form the source of the Alick River.[1]
The confluence of the Moulin River "is located almost at the limit of the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire and Saint-Paul-de-Montminy. This confluence is located at 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) south of the center of the village of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, at 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) east of the village of Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud and 7.1 kilometres (4.4 mi) north of the center of the village of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy.[1]
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière du Moulin was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
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