Tortue River | |
Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
Subdivision Name4: | L'Islet Regional County Municipality |
Source1: | Forest stream |
Source1 Location: | Saint-Aubert |
Mouth: | St. Lawrence River |
Mouth Location: | L'Islet |
Basin Size: | NaNkm (-2,147,483,648miles) |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The Tortue River (in French: rivière Tortue) is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River where it empties east of the village of L'Islet-sur-Mer.[1]
The toponym Rivière Tortue was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]