Rivière des Rosiers

The rivière des Rosiers (in English: River of Roses) is a tributary of the Nicolet River which flows on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Rosiers River flows through the municipalities of Tingwick, Kingsey Falls, Warwick, Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick and Saint-Albert-de-Warwick, in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the Centre-du-Québec region, in Quebec, in Canada.

Rivière des Rosiers
The Desrosiers river in Saint-Albert
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
MRC	Arthabaska Regional County Municipality
Municipality	Tingwick, Kingsey Falls, Warwick, Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick et de Saint-Albert-de-Warwick
Physical characteristics
Source	La Montagne (Appalachian Mountains)
• location	Tingwick
• coordinates	45.873774°N 71.869054°W
• elevation	360 m (1,180 ft)
Mouth	Nicolet River
• location	Saint-Albert
• coordinates	45.98667°N 72.12111°W
• elevation	103 m (338 ft)
Length	35 km (22 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	(upstream)
• right	(upstream)

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière des Rosiers" was made official on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[1]

Geography

Territory

The "rivière des Rosiers" watershed affects six municipalities, namely (from upstream to downstream) Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick, Tingwick, Kingsey Falls, Warwick, Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick and Saint-Albert.[2]

Course

The Rosiers River begins its course from 35 kilometres (22 mi) at Tingwick at an altitude of 360 metres (1,180 ft) at the foot of the Mountain, in the Appalachian Mountains. It then flows in a northwesterly direction to empty into the Nicolet River at Saint-Albert at an altitude of 103 metres (338 ft). The downstream portion of the river (length of 16 kilometres (9.9 mi)) was channeled at the start of XXth.[3]

Hydrology

The watershed of the river has an area of 140 kilometres (86.99 mi).[3] The basin includes 112 hectares (280 acres) of wetlands.[4]

Natural environment

The main forest species are sugar maple (Acer saccharum) and red maple (Acer rubrum).[5]

We find 12 species of fishes in the river. The main species are horned mullet (Semotilus atromaculatus), black sucker (Catostomus commersoni), belly-rotten (Pimephales notatus) and the Redfin Shiner (Luxilus cornutus).[6]

There are 39 species of bird x from 16 distinct families along the banks of the river. There are among others some species of buntings, warblers, swallows, tyrants, vireos, thrushes, and some representatives of corvids, such as the Raven and the Blue Jay.[7]

See also

• List of rivers of Quebec

Notes and references

1. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière des Rosiers".
2. Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
3. (Fort 2010, p. 6.) harv error: no target: CITEREFFort2010 (help)
4. (Fort 2010, p. 13.) harv error: no target: CITEREFFort2010 (help)
5. (Fort 2010, p. 11.) harv error: no target: CITEREFFort2010 (help)
6. (Fort 2010, pp. 18–20.) harv error: no target: CITEREFFort2010 (help)
7. (Fort 2010, p. 21.) harv error: no target: CITEREFFort2010 (help)

Further reading

• "Table de concertation du watershed de la rivière Desrosiers". Corporation for the promotion of the environment of the Nicolet river.
• Strong, Raphaël (2010). Corporation for the promotion of the environment of the Nicolet river (ed.). Portrait of the Desrosiers river watershed (PDF). p. 25.