Rivière des Indiens (lac aux Araignées)

The rivière des Indiens (in English: Indians River) is a tributary of the north shore of lac aux Araignées in the municipality of Frontenac, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec in Canada.[1]

Rivière des Indiens
East branch of the Indians River at the Rang 4 bridge near Spider Lake.
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionEstrie
MRCLe Granit Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceMountain streams
 • locationFrontenac, (MRC) Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Québec
 • coordinates45.52702°N 70.795169°W / 45.52702; -70.795169
 • elevation555 metres (1,821 ft)
MouthLac aux Araignées
 • location
Frontenac
 • coordinates
45.48694°N 70.80222°W / 45.48694; -70.80222
 • elevation
400 metres (1,300 ft)
Length4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionLac aux Araignées, Rivière aux Araignées, Lake Mégantic, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River
River systemSt. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream)
 • right(upstream)

Toponymy

The toponym “rivière des Indiens” was made official on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

Notes and references
  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Rivière des Indiens".


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