Blanche River (Felton River tributary)

River in Estrie, Quebec (Canada)

White River

Blanche River seen from Route 161 looking south.

Native name| Rivière Blanche (French)
Location
Country| Canada
Province| Quebec
Region| Estrie
MRC| Le Granit Regional County Municipality
Municipality| Milan, Nantes, MStornoway, Saint-Romain
Physical characteristics
Source| Various streams
• location| Milan
• coordinates| 45°35′14″N 71°09′25″W﻿ / ﻿45.587253°N 71.156843°W﻿ / 45.587253; -71.156843
• elevation| 498 m (1,634 ft)
Mouth| Felton River

• location

| Saint-Romain

• coordinates

| 45°41′45″N 71°05′45″W﻿ / ﻿45.69588°N 71.09597°W﻿ / 45.69588; -71.09597

• elevation

| 361 m (1,184 ft)
Length| 31.5 km (19.6 mi)
Basin features
Progression| Saint-François River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries|
• left| (upstream)
• right| (upstream)

The Blanche river (in French: rivière Blanche) is a tributary of the Felton River which flows into the Baie Sauvage to the south of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River.

The course of the "Blanche River" crosses the territories of the municipalities of Milan, Nantes, Stornoway and Saint-Romain, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, on the Rive-South of the St. Lawrence River, in the province of Quebec, Canada.

## Geography

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The main hydrographic slopes close to the "Blanche river" are:

* north side: Felton River, Grand lac Saint François;
* east side: Noire River, Glen River;
* south side: Turcotte stream;
* west side: Legendre River.

The Blanche River originates north of the village of Milan, on the north side of route 214.

The Blanche river flows over:

* 4.3 kilometres (2.7 mi) heading east along (on the north side) route 214;
* 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi) northward, to the confluence of a stream (coming from the west);
* 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) north, to Chemin de la Yard;
* 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) northward, up to the municipal boundary between Milan and Nantes;
* 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) towards the north, in the municipality of Nantes;
* 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) north, up to route 161;
* 7.7 kilometres (4.8 mi) north, winding up to its mouth.[1]

The Blanche River empties at the confluence of the Noire River which is the start of the Felton River.

## Toponymy

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The toponym "rivière Blanche" was officially registered on December 18, 1979, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

## See also

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* List of rivers of Quebec

## References

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1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved December 28, 2020.
2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Rivière Blanche.