Coordinates: 45°40′49″N 70°40′32″W / 45.68028°N 70.67555°W / 45.68028; -70.67555

Rivière des Renards

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Rivière des Renards
Rivière des Renards upstream of the rang 6 and 7 bridge in St-Ludger.
Rivière des Renards is located in Quebec
Rivière des Renards
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionEstrie
MRCLe Granit Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceMountain streams
 • locationSaint-Ludger, (MRC) Le Granit Regional County Municipality, Québec
 • coordinates45°36′45″N 70°37′42″W / 45.612464°N 70.628416°W / 45.612464; -70.628416
 • elevation601 metres (1,972 ft)
MouthRivière du Barrage
 • location
Saint-Ludger
 • coordinates
45°40′49″N 70°40′32″W / 45.68028°N 70.67555°W / 45.68028; -70.67555
 • elevation
397 metres (1,302 ft)
Length7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionRivière du Barrage, Samson River, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River
River systemSt. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream)
 • right(upstream)

The rivière des Renards (in English: river of foxes) is a tributary of the south bank of the rivière du Barrage which flows on the south bank of the Samson River.

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière des Renards" was made official on February 28, 1980, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[1]

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