| Rivière du Barrage | |
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| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| MRC | Le Granit Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mountain streams |
| • location | Saint-Robert-Bellarmin, (MRC) Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Québec |
| • coordinates | 45°37′52″N 70°36′06″W / 45.631162°N 70.601786°W |
| • elevation | 566 metres (1,857 ft) |
| Mouth | Samson River |
• location | Saint-Ludger |
• coordinates | 45°40′58″N 70°40′45″W / 45.68278°N 70.67917°W |
• elevation | 392 metres (1,286 ft) |
| Length | 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Samson River, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
| River system | St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) Rivière des Renards |
| • right | (upstream) |
The rivière du Barrage (in English: river of the Dam) is a tributary of the east bank of the Samson River, which flows on the east bank of the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière du Barrage was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[1]
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