Dufour River
The Dufour River is a tributary of the east bank of the Kamouraska River, which empties on the south bank of the Saint Lawrence river two km east of the center of the village of Kamouraska.
The Dufour river flows in the municipalities of Saint-Philippe-de-Néri and Saint-Pascal, in the Kamouraska Regional [County Municipality], in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in province of Quebec, in Canada.
Geography
The source of this river is located south of fourth rang, southeast of Kamouraska bay, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, at north of the village of Mont-Carmel, east of the center of the village of Saint-Philippe-de-Néri and southwest from the center of the village of Saint-Pascal. The Commission [de toponymie du Québec] assigns the status of a stream to this watercourse.From its source, the Dufour river flows over, divided into the following segments:
- north-east in Saint-Philippe-de-Néri, to the limit of Saint-Pascal;
- north-east in Saint-Pascal collecting water from the Creux streams, up to the Beaulieu road;
- north, to its confluence which is connected to the autoroute 20 bridge.
Toponymy
The term "Dufour" constitutes a French Canadian surname.The toponym “Rivière Dufour” was formalized on June 29, 1983, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.