Length 64 km | ||
Main source Mirabel Airport area, Mirabel
72 m (236 ft) River mouth Rivière des Mille Îles, Mascouche
13 m (43 ft) Tributaries Left:
Ruisseau de la cabane ronde, ruisseau des Grandes Prairies, ruisseau Saint-Philippe, ruisseau Gariepy-Gagnon, débouche des Sables, Saint Pierre River (Mascouche), ruisseau Noir, ruisseau La Corne, ruisseau de Mascouche, ruisseau Rivard-Lauzon, ruisseau Hogue-Therrien, Saint Pierre River (Mirabel), ruisseau Desjardins, ruisseau Lapointe.
Right:
Ruisseau Forget-Messier, ruisseau Noir. |
The Mascouche River is a river flowing in the municipality of Terrebonne, in Les Moulins Regional County Municipality (RCM), in the administrative region of Lanaudière, in Quebec, in Canada.
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Geography
Course of the river
Mascouche River rises in the area east slopes of Mirabel airport, draining various streams: Ouellet, Gascon-Forget, Cardinal Lapointe, Desjardins Hogue-Therrien and Saint Pierre River (Mirabel). From the airport area, the river:
Downstream course of the St. Pierre River
Mascouche River continues its course:
Toponymy
The minutes of Mathieu-Benoît Collet (1721), in the section on Jesus Island, including mention Maskoueche river. Variations: St. Marys River and Rivière Saint-Jean-Baptiste.
The place name "Mascouche River" was formalized December 5, 1968 at the Bank of place names of Commission de toponymie du Québec (Quebec Geographical Names Board).