Maskinongé River
| Maskinongé River "Rivière Maskinongé" (in French) | |
|---|---|
Maskinongé River at Maskinongé, Quebec | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Mauricie |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Lake Maskinongé |
| • location | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Lanaudière, Quebec, Canada |
| • coordinates | 46°19′16″N 72°21′42″W / 46.32111°N 72.36167°W |
| • elevation | 142 m (466 ft) |
| Mouth | Lake Saint-Pierre |
• location | Maskinongé, Mauricie, Quebec, Canada |
• coordinates | 46°09′48″N 73°01′06″W / 46.16333°N 73.01833°W |
• elevation | 3 m (9.8 ft) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (from the mouth) Ruisseau du rang Double, décharge du lac du rang Double, décharge du Lac Marianne, décharge du Lac François, ruisseau Lafrenière, rivière Blanche, Rivière Mandeville. |
| • right | (from the mouth) La Grande Décharge, Rivière de l'Ormière, ruisseau Penotte, La Grande Coulée, ruisseau au Castor, décharge du Petit lac à Nadon, ruisseau Charbonneau. |
The Maskinongé River is located north of the administrative region of Lanaudière and west of the administrative region of Mauricie, in Quebec, in Canada.
The river has a total length of 40 km. It takes its source in Maskinongé Lake, located in Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon. It crosses the municipalities of Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Saint-Gabriel, and Saint-Didace in the region of Lanaudière; then Saint-Justin, Louiseville, and Maskinongé before pour into the north shore of Lake Saint-Pierre at the height of this municipality.