Trout River (Quebec)
| Trout River Rivière Trout | |
|---|---|
 Trout River at the St-Onge Dam | |
| Basin | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River |
| Main source | Little Trout River |
| Size | 427.35 square kilometres (165.00 sq mi) |
| Location | Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Quebec |
Trout River (French: Rivière Trout) is a river in southwestern Quebec, Canada, which originates in various rivers including the Little Trout River in the Adirondack Mountains located in upstate New York, United States.
Trout River, also called Rivière à la Truite in French, is a non-navigable and non-buoyant river: it has only 427.35 square kilometres (165.00 sq mi) of drainage basin that flows between the townships of Elgin and Godmanchester in front of lots granted by the Crown prior to June 1, 1884.
Trout River has two dams: the St-Onge Dam located in the hamlet of Trout River in Elgin near the American border. The other dam is the Hooker Dam, which is located between the hamlet of Kensington in Godmanchester and the path of the second concession to Elgin. The Trout River flows into the Chateauguay River just south of the town of Huntingdon. The municipality of Huntingdon set up a rest stop on the shore of confluence of the two rivers, along the Route 138.
The Commission de toponymie du Québec formalized the name September 22, 1976.
Sources
- Government of Quebec Quebec Ministry of the Environment, the public water service.
External links
- La rivière Trout sur le site de la Commission de toponymie du Québec.(French)
Coordinates: 45°05′24″N 74°11′07″W / 45.09000°N 74.18528°W