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Samson River

River in Estrie, Quebec, Canada

45°35′48″N 70°39′31″W / 45.596675°N 70.658688°W / 45.596675; -70.658688 • elevation520 metres (1,710 ft) MouthChaudière River

• location

Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce

• coordinates

45°47′59″N 70°38′09″W / 45.79972°N 70.63583°W / 45.79972; -70.63583

• elevation

261 metres (856 ft)Length30.3 kilometres (18.8 mi)Basin featuresProgressionChaudière River, St. Lawrence RiverRiver systemSt. Lawrence RiverTributaries • left(upstream) • right(upstream) ruisseau Bédet-Busque, ruisseau à Nipit-Mercier, ruisseau des Trente Ponts, ruisseau Poléon-Mathieu, rivière du Barrage.

The Samson River (in French: rivière Samson) is a tributary of the east bank of the Chaudière River, which flows northward to empty on the south bank of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, in Canada.^[1]

Toponymy

The river was named "Toulidesihontes" in 1759 on John Montresor's map. On the 1884 Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn of 1884, an Indian trail linked the Chaudière River, facing the Drolet River, eastward to the Samson River following a small valley, a few hundred meters to the north, parallel to the Route de l'Eglise in Audet, then rang 7 passing north of Mont Dostie towards the sources of the Samson River.^[2] The toponym "Samson" appears on various survey plans from the end of the 19th century. The term "Samson" is a family name of French origin. The toponym Samson River was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.^[3]

Rivière Samson downstream of the road bridge from the Moulin à Audet

References

^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-12.
^ Map of Eastearn Townships and adjacent portions of the Province of Quebec. Alfred R.C. Selwin, 1884. Sheet no 1.
^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponymː "Rivière Samson".