Blanche River (Thetford Mines)

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Blanche River
Native name	Rivière Blanche (French)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
MRC	Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source	Forest streams
• location	Thetford Mines
• coordinates	46°07′25″N 71°22′25″W / 46.123734°N 71.373641°W / 46.123734; -71.373641
• elevation	526 m (1,726 ft)
Mouth	Bécancour River
• location	Thetford Mines
• coordinates	46°03′22″N 71°20′35″W / 46.055996°N 71.343064°W / 46.055996; -71.343064
• elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Length	8.2 km (5.1 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries
• left	(upstream) ruisseau Tanguay
• right	(upstream) ruisseau Marcoux

The Blanche river (in French: rivière Blanche) is a tributary of the Bécancour River, which flows into the St. Lawrence River. The Blanche river flows in the municipality of Thetford Mines, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

The main neighboring watersheds of the Blanche river are:

• to the north: Old Mill Creek, Osgood River, Sunday River, Perry River;
• to the east: Bécancour River, rivière de l'Or, Prévost-Gilbert River;
• in the south: Bécancour River, Coleraine River;
• to the west: Bécancour River, Bagot River.

The Blanche River draws its source from a mountain stream located on the east side of Mont Saint-Adrien and west of downtown Thetford Mines.

The Blanche river flows on 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) towards the south, mainly in forest territory, according to the following segments:

• 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) south to the road;
• 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) southward, up to route 122 which it cuts to the southwest of the city of Thetford Mines;
• 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) towards the south, until its mouth.^[1]

The Blanche River empties on the north shore of the Bécancour River, northeast of Black Lake, near an open pit mine.

The toponym Rivière Blanche was formalized on December 5, 1975, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.^[2]

• List of rivers of Quebec