Écossais River

The Écossais River (English: Scottish River) is a tributary of the Yamaska River. It flows in the administrative region of Montérégie, on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. Its course towards the north-east successively crosses the municipalities of:

Écossais River (Scottish River)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionMontérégie
Regional County MunicipalityLe Haut-Richelieu Regional County Municipality, Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality et Rouville Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceVarious agricultural streams
 • locationFarham
 • coordinates43°18′13″N 73°02′11″W
 • elevation52 m (171 ft)
MouthYamaska River
 • location
Saint-Césaire
 • coordinates
45.39278°N 73.00444°W / 45.39278; -73.00444
 • elevation
29 m (95 ft)
Length13.5 km (8.4 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • left(Upstream) ruisseau François-Paquette, ruisseau Louis-Boulais, ruisseau Beauregard
 • right(Upstream) ruisseau Boulais, ruisseau Leduc

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Écossais River are:

The "Écossais River" originates from various agricultural and forest streams in the western part of Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville. This area is located north of the Canadian National railway, south of Autoroute 10, south of route 104 and west of Farnham.[1]

From this head area, the Scottish River flows over:

  • 7.1 kilometres (4.4 mi) north in the agricultural zone in Farnham to route 233;
  • 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) north-west in an agricultural zone along route 233 (on the west side) and collect water from the François-Paquette stream (coming from the south); then cross the latter approximately 240 metres (790 ft) south of Highway 10;
  • 0.7 kilometres (0.43 mi) north-east in an agricultural zone to Highway 10 that it crosses;
  • 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) towards the north-east in an agricultural zone to its mouth.[1]

The mouth of the Scottish River empties into a small bay on the west bank of the Yamaska River. This bay also receives the waters of the Sud-Ouest River. This mouth is 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) upstream of the Saint-Césaire bridge over the Yamaska River (route 112) and 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) downstream of the highway 10 bridge.[1]

Toponymy

Formerly, this watercourse was designated "Small Southwest River".

The toponym "Rivière des Écossais" was officially registered on August 17, 1978 in the Bank of place names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

Notes and references
  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Features extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Rivière des Écossais

See also
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