Chaude River (La Grande Rivière)


The Chaude River flows successively in the municipalities of Mont-Carmel, Saint-Gabriel-Lalemant and Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth, in the MRC of Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The Chaude river is a tributary of the east bank of the Grande Rivière, which flows on the east bank of the Ouelle River which in turn flows on the south bank of St. Lawrence River.

Geography

The Chaude River rises at Lac Chaudière which is located in the municipality of Mont-Carmel in the heart of Notre Dame Mountains. This source is located south-east of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River, north-east of the village center from Sainte-Perpétue and south-east of the village center of Mont-Carmel.
From its source, the Chaude river flows over, divided into the following segments:
The confluence of the river is located in the municipality of Saint-Onésime-d'Ixworth. This confluence is located upstream from the covered bridge.

Toponymy

The toponym Chaude River was formalized on December 2, 1975, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.