Black River (Portneuf)

Rivière Noire (Portneuf)
Country	Canada (Québec)
Basin
Main source	Lac Long
River mouth	Saint-Casimir

The Black River (Portneuf) flows in the municipality of Saint-Alban and Saint-Casimir, in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Capitale-Nationale, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

Black River (Portneuf) originates at “Lac Long” (Long Lake) in the Parc nature régional de Portneuf (Portneuf Nature Regional Park). The “Lac Long” has a length of 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) and a maximum width of 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi). It spans in the ranks: F, E, VII, VI and V Saint-Alban. In addition, a 2.8-kilometre (1.7 mi) long strait south of “Lac Long” ends with a dam at its mouth, which is the source of the Black River.

This river flows first to the South-East in forest land in row III and IV. Across the row II, the river veers to the east, then south-east. In the row I, the river flows south and then branches off to the south-west in agricultural land. The river flows north of the village of Saint-Alban, in parallel to the Sainte-Anne River in the rank of 7th Concession. Finally, the river enters Saint-Casimir in the ranks of the Black River. Then the river goes towards the south. It receives waters from Blanche River in Saint-Casimir before emptying into the Sainte-Anne River, just above the village.

Toponymy

According to the Commission de toponymie du Québec (Geographical Names Board of Québec), the Bank of place names has 86 names "Rivière Noire” (Black River) for the province of Quebec and several other names including the word "Noir” (Black).

The name "Black River" (Portneuf) was recorded December 5, 1968, at the Bank of place names in Geographical Names Board of Canada^[1]

Black River (Portneuf)

Geography

Toponymy

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