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Rivière du Loup (Bas-Saint-Laurent)

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At its mouth, the Rivière du Loup pours over a long ledge (at low tide) in the "Cayes to Carrier Bay" which is bordered on the north side by the Pointe-de-Rivière-du-Loup. From Malin Rock, this edge advances towards the southwest in the
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The Rivière du Loup flows to the north over 101.3 kilometers (63 miles), coursing through the
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The Rivière du Loup (English: "river of the Wolf") has its source in Saint-Pierre Lake (
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over a length of 1.6 km (1 mile), including the end where a marina is fitted.
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and may have come from a native tribe known as "Les Loups" or from the many
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and 20 km (12 miles) south-west of the village center of
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Gorge of the Riviere du Loup at the city of Rivière-du-Loup
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Rivière-du-Loup (disambiguation)

Province
Quebec
Mouth
Saint Lawrence River
Rivière-du-Loup
47°51′07″N 69°33′16″W / 47.8519°N 69.5544°W / 47.8519; -69.5544
river
Quebec
Saint Lawrence River
Rivière-du-Loup
regional county municipality
Rivière-du-Loup
Bas-Saint-Laurent
hydroelectric
Kamouraska Regional County Municipality
Notre Dame Mountains
Zone d'exploitation contrôlée
Zec Chapais
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Saint-Bruno-of-Kamouraska
Saint-Athanase
regional county municipalities
Kamouraska
Mont-Carmel
Saint-Bruno-de-Kamouraska
Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska
Saint-Joseph-de-Kamouraska
Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska

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