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280:(Upstream) ruisseau Morrissette, cours d'eau Saint-Nicolas, cours d'eau Lacourse, ruisseau Mondor, ruisseau Théroux, ruisseau Rousseau, ruisseau Jean-Paul, ruisseau du Rang de Sorel Nord-Est, ruisseau Pépin, ruisseau Louis-Édouard-Tessier, cours d'eau Lambert, ruisseau Laramée, cours d'eau Paradis, décharge Fournier.
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The toponym “Rivière David” has been known since at least 1690 to designate this watercourse. The cartographer Joseph
Bouchette, indicates this toponym on the map of Lower Canada, 1815. The "Dictionary of rivers and lakes of the province of Quebec (1914)" also indicates this toponym.
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Commission de toponymie published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of a printed illustrated dictionary, and in that of a CD-ROM produced by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this
270:(Upstream) ruisseau Sainte-Caroline, ruisseau des Chênes, ruisseau Félix-Julien, ruisseau du rang Lachapelle, ruisseau Saint-Marmert, cours d'eau Dupré, cours d'eau Labbé, ruisseau Armand-Doré.
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In addition to the villages crossed by the course of the river, the economic vocation of this hydrographic slope is mainly agricultural, and forestry for certain areas.
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This toponym evokes the life work of
Jacques David (Trois-Rivières, 1657 - Boucherville, 1708); the latter worked as a beaver trapper in this area.
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The David River flows onto the east bank of the
Yamaska River at 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) upstream of the Camille-Parenteau bridge located at
536:"Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Features extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation"
412:. The course of the river descends on 53.5 kilometres (33.2 mi) with a drop of 69 metres (226 ft) according to the following segments:
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Rousseau stream (coming from the northeast);
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8.6 kilometres (5.3 mi) (or 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) in a straight line) westward, winding through an agricultural zone to
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Source: BOUCHETTE, Joseph, Topographic Map of the
Province of Lower Canada, 1815, Montreal, Éditions Élysée, 1980.
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The David River takes its source from agricultural streams draining the territory of the municipality of
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The toponym "Rivière David" was officially registered on
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101:Various agricol streams
16:River in Quebec, Canada
239:10 m (33 ft)
479:Saint-David-d'Yamaska
218:45.97111°N 72.89972°W
614:Rivers of Montérégie
368:Saint-François River
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423:highway 20
406:highway 20
341:Montérégie
209:72°53′59″W
206:45°58′16″N
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351:Geography
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