Rivière à la Loutre (rivière du Sud tributary)


The rivière à la Loutre crosses the municipalities of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy and Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
Rivière à la Loutre is a tributary of the south shore of the rivière du Sud which flows first southwest, then northeast to the south shore of Saint Lawrence River.

Geography

The Loutre river "has its source in a mountainous area in the 1st rang of the municipality of Saint-Paul-de-Montminy in the Notre Dame Mountains.
From its source, the Rivière à la Loutre "flows through a valley steeped in according to the following segments:
Rivière à la Loutre "empties onto the south shore of the Rivière du Sud near the boundary of the municipalities of Armagh and Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivière-du-Sud.

Toponymy

This toponym appears on a map dated 1952.
The toponym Rivière à la Loutre was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.