Rivière de la Petite Nation
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Rivière de la Petite Nation Petite-Nation River |
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 Rivière de la Petite Nation near Ripon |
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| Data | ||
| location | Outaouais in Quebec (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Ottawa River → Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| source | in the Laurentine Mountains | |
| muzzle | at Plaisance in the Ottawa River coordinates: 45 ° 35 ′ 9 ″ N , 75 ° 6 ′ 31 ″ W 45 ° 35 ′ 9 ″ N , 75 ° 6 ′ 31 ″ W |
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| Height difference | 305 m | |
| Bottom slope | 2.4 ‰ | |
| length | 129 km | |
| Catchment area | 2261 km² | |
| Discharge at the Portage-de-la-Nation A Eo gauge : 1990 km² |
MQ 1925/1972 Mq 1925/1972 |
30.5 m³ / s 15.3 l / (s km²) |
| Drain |
MQ |
35 m³ / s |
The Rivière de la Petite Nation ( English Petite-Nation River ) is a left tributary of the Ottawa River in western Québec in Canada.
It has its source in the Laurentine Mountains . After a river stretch of 129 km it flows into the Ottawa River at Plaisance .
The French name of the river refers to the Algonquin tribes of the Weskarini who inhabited this area earlier, which means "people of the small nation". The valley of the Rivière de la Petite Nation was part of the Petite Nation Seigneury , originally owned by Monsignor François de Montmorency-Laval , the first bishop of New France . The Seigneury was acquired by Joseph Papineau and later sold to his son, Louis-Joseph Papineau .
Joseph Papineau built a sawmill on the river at Plaisance Falls . A village called North Nation Mills grew up there. Pine logs were then rafted down the river to the sawmill. The place was finally abandoned in 1920 after the sawmill closed.
The area near the estuary was flooded by a Hydro-Québec dam that dams the Ottawa River. A Québec park is located there.
There is also a South Nation River in Ontario that also joins the Ottawa River.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Bureau Brille publiques sur l'environnement (PDF; 103 kB)
- ↑ Water Survey of Canada: Station 02LD001 ( Memento of the original from December 24, 2010) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
