Savoie River


The Savoy River is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows north to empty onto the south bank of the Saint Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Elzéar and Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce, in the La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Savoie river are:
The Savoie river has its source in the Haut-Saint-Olivier range, in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar, on the north slope of Mont du Cosmos. This head zone is located southwest of the center of the village of Saint-Elzéar, at west of the Chaudière River and north of the summit of Mont Saint-André.
From its source, the Savoie river flows on divided into the following segments:
  • north-east, in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar, to a road on Rang Haut-Saint-Jacques, which it cuts at south of the village center;
  • north-east, up to Chemin du Haut-Saint-Thomas, which marks out the municipalities of Saint-Elzéar and Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce;
  • northeasterly, crossing the rang Saint-Étienne-Sud road, to its confluence.
The Savoie river empties on the west bank of the Chaudière River, in Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce. This confluence is located downstream from the confluence of the Nadeau River and Lessard River, as well as at upstream of the Sainte-Marie-de-Beauce bridge.

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Savoie was formalized on October 6, 1983, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.