Rivière du Loup (Rivière Chaudière)
| Rivière du Loup | ||
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| Data | ||
| location | Chaudière-Appalaches , Estrie in Québec (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Rivière Chaudière → Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| origin |
Lac Émilie 45 ° 43 ′ 29 ″ N , 70 ° 25 ′ 50 ″ W. |
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| Source height | approx. 500 m | |
| muzzle | at Jersey Mills in the Rivière Chaudière Coordinates: 46 ° 5 ′ 22 " N , 70 ° 39 ′ 4" W 46 ° 5 ′ 22 " N , 70 ° 39 ′ 4" W |
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| Mouth height | approx. 200 m | |
| Height difference | approx. 300 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 4 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 75 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 900 km² | |
| Medium-sized cities | Saint-Gilles | |
| Communities | Saint-Côme-Linière | |
The Rivière du Loup ( French for "Wolf River") is a right tributary of the Rivière Chaudière in the administrative regions of Estrie and Chaudière-Appalaches of the Canadian province of Québec .
The Rivière du Loup has its origin near the border with Maine (USA) in the small lake Lac Émilie in the MRC Le Granit . It flows through the regional county town of Beauce-Sartigan in a predominantly northerly direction . The Route 173 follows the course of Saint-Théophile downstream. The river passes the commune of Saint-Côme-Linière and flows into the Rivière Chaudière at Jersey Mills , a southern district of Saint-Gilles . The Rivière du Loup has a length of about 75 km. Its catchment area covers approximately 900 km².
Between 1935 and 1965 the river was named Rivière Linière . After that, it got its previous name again - Rivière du Loup .