Fouquette River
The Fouquette river is a tributary of the southern coast of the St. Lawrence River where it flows in front of the "Les Pèlerins" islands, in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska. This river flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Saint-André-de-Kamouraska and Saint-Alexandre, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in province of Quebec, in Canada.
Geography
The Fouquette River has its source in an agricultural area located south-east of the south-eastern coast of the estuary of Saint Lawrence, south-east of the village center from Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska and southeast of highway 20.From its source, the Fouquette River flows for, divided into the following segments:
- northeast in Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, to route 230 West;
- north-west, then north-east, to the Route de la Station which crosses the hamlet "Saint-André-Station";
- north-east in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, including a segment in Saint-Alexandre, up to the Lapointe road;
- north-east, of which about in a marsh area constitutes the limit between Saint-André-de-Kamouraska and Saint-Alexandre, up to the limit of Saint-Alexandre;
- north, to highway 20, which it crosses;
- northeast, to route 289;
- north, to the Saint-André-de-Kamouraska limit;
- north-west, flowing near the rivière des Caps, up to the route 132 which it crosses;
- south-west, up to its confluence.
Toponymy
The term “Fouquette” constitutes a surname of French origin.The toponym “Rivière Fouquette” was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.