The Fouquette river (in French: rivière Fouquette) is a tributary of the southern coast of the St. Lawrence River where it flows in front of the "Les Pèlerins" islands, in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska. This river flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Saint-André-de-Kamouraska and Saint-Alexandre, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in province of Quebec, in Canada.
Geography The Fouquette River has its source in an agricultural area located south-east of the south-eastern coast of the estuary of Saint Lawrence, south-east of the village center from Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska and southeast of highway 20.
From its source, the Fouquette River flows for , divided into the following segments: northeast in Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, to route 230 West; north-west, then north-east, to the Route de la Station which crosses the hamlet "Saint-André-Station"; north-east in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, including a segment in Saint-Alexandre, up to the Lapointe road; north-east, of which about in a marsh area constitutes the limit between Saint-André-de-Kamouraska and Saint-Alexandre, up to the limit of Saint-Alexandre; north, to highway 20, which it crosses; northeast, to route 289; north, to the Saint-André-de-Kamouraska limit; north-west, flowing near the rivière des Caps, up to the route 132 which it crosses; south-west, up to its confluence.
The confluence of the Fouquette river is located on a long shore at low tide, at the foot of "La Grosse Montagne", northeast of the center of the village of Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, to the west of the center of the village of Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska and west of the junction of exit 488 of highway 20.
Toponymy The term “Fouquette” constitutes a surname of French origin.
The toponym “Rivière Fouquette” was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
See also
List of rivers of Quebec
References