Fourchette River
The Fourchette River is a tributary of the Filkars River whose current flows successively into the Beaurivage River, the west bank of the Chaudière River and the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.
The Fourchette river flows through the municipalities of Saint-Sylvestre and Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Québec, in Canada.
Geography
The main neighboring watersheds of the Fourchette river are:- north side: Filkars River, Beaurivage River;
- east side: Beaurivage River, Nadeau River, Vallée River, Chaudière River;
- south side: Saint-André River, Filkars River, Palmer River;
- west side: Saint-André River, Armagh River, Saint-Georges River, rivière aux Chevreuils.
From its source located in Saint-Sylvestre, the Fourchette River flows on divided into the following segments:
- towards the northeast, in Saint-Sylvestre;
- towards the north, forming a large curve to the east, as it traverses in two segments in Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage because of an appendage to the south of the territory of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage;
- towards the north-west, in Saint-Sylvestre, then in Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, until the route du Moulin;
- westward, in Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage, to Craig Road;
- north-west, up to its confluence.