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Saint Jacques River
River in Quebec, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the river that flows from Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur to the Saint Lawrence River. Not to be confused with Saint-Jacques River (Portneuf River tributary).
For other uses, see Saint-Jacques.
Saint-Jacques River is a river in southwestern Quebec, Canada that drains the Saint Lawrence Lowlands. It flows in a general south to north direction, from the area around Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur (in Les Jardins-de-Napierville) to its mouth in the Saint Lawrence River, at the border between the cities of Brossard and La Prairie.
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Saint Jacques River | |
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Location | |
Countries | Canada |
Provinces and territories of Canada | Quebec |
Administrative region | Montérégie |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Saint-Jacques-le-Mineur, Quebec |
• elevation | 56 m (184 ft) |
Mouth | |
• location | Laprairie |
• elevation | 11 m (36 ft) |
Length | 33.1 km (20.6 mi)[1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) Saint-André creek, Des Trente Creek, Des Quinze Creek, Maréchal creek, Pagé creek. |
• right | (upstream) Daigneault fosée, Des Prairies creek, Des Bois Creek, Lussier-Dupuis creek, Bergeron creek, Bachand creek, Saint-Marc creek. |
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