Noire River (Beaurivage River tributary)

The rivière Noire (in English: Black River) is a tributary of the Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the east bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

[1] It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Flavien, Saint-Agapit, Saint-Gilles (Lotbinière Regional County Municipality) and in the city of Lévis (Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon sector).

This headland is located southwest of route 271, at 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) northwest of the center of the village of Dosquet and at 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) southeast of the village of Saint-Flavien.

From its source, the Black River flows on 22.4 kilometres (13.9 mi), with a drop of 37 metres (121 ft), divided into the following segments: The Black River empties on the west bank of the Beaurivage River in the hamlet "Pointe-Saint-Gilles", in the town of Lévis (sector of Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon).

The toponym "Rivière Noire" was made official on January 22, 1974, in the place name bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.