Rivière à la Fourche (Champlain River tributary)
The rivière à la Fourche ("English: Fork River") is a tributary of the northwest bank of the Champlain River, flowing on the east side of the Saint-Maurice River and on the north side of the St. Lawrence River, in the Les Chenaux Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Mauricie, in province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of the “Fourche river” crosses the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel, Saint-Narcisse, Saint-Maurice, Quebec and Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. This river is part of the hydrographic side of the  Champlain River which generally winds north-east, then south-east, to the north shore of the St. Lawrence River. The course of the Fourche River crosses forest and agricultural areas discontinuously. The river surface is generally frozen from mid-December until the end of March. Geography. The “Fourche River” has its source in the eastern part of Plé de Saint-Narcisse, in the northeast area of the municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel. The southern zone of this wetland is drained by the rivière au Lard, the eastern zone by the rivière aux Rouilles and the northern zone by  the rivière des Chutes and the Turtle River (via the Lac à la Tortue). From Plé de Saint-Narcisse, the Fourche River flows over , according to the following segments: The “Fourche River” flows on the northwest bank of the Champlain River in the municipality of Saint-Luc-de-Vincennes. The confluence of the “Fourche river” is located at: Toponymy. The toponym "Rivière à la Fourche" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.