Fourchette River
| Fourchette River | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Rivière Fourchette (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Administrative region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| RCM | Lotbinière Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mountain streams |
| • location | Saint-Sylvestre |
| • coordinates | 46°22′38″N 71°12′34″W / 46.377336°N 71.209398°W |
| • elevation | 279 metres (915 ft) |
| Mouth | Filkars River |
• location | Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage) |
• coordinates | 46°24′17″N 71°17′50″W / 46.40472°N 71.29722°W |
• elevation | 156 metres (512 ft) |
| Length | 19.9 kilometres (12.4 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Filkars River, Beaurivage River, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) |
| • right | (upstream) |
The Fourchette River (in French: rivière Fourchette) 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.