title: Rouge River (Beaurivage River tributary)
text: # Rouge River (Beaurivage River tributary)
  
  The Rivière Rouge (in English: Red River) is a tributary of the west shore of Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River). It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Agapit and Saint-Apollinaire in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The main neighboring watersheds of the Red River are:
  
  * north side: Aulneuse River, Beaurivage River, St. Lawrence River;
  * east side: Beaurivage River, Chaudière River;
  * south side: Noire River, rivière aux Pins, Henri River, Beaurivage River;
  * west side: Henri River, Bourret brook, rivière aux Cèdres, Noire River.
  
  The Red River has its source in the municipality of Saint-Agapit, on the boundary with the municipality of Saint-Apollinaire. This head area is located south of highway 20, southeast of the village center of Saint-Apollinaire and north-west of the village of Saint-Agapit.
  
  From its source, the Red River flows over 10.3 kilometres (6.4 mi) divided into the following segments:
  
  * 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) eastward, to route 273;
  * 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) easterly, along the municipal boundary, to the municipal boundary of Saint-Apollinaire;
  * 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) towards the northeast, in Saint-Apollinaire, up to the limit of Lévis (sector "Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon");
  * 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) northeasterly, up to its confluence.
  
  The Red River empties on the west bank of the Beaurivage River north of the hamlet "Pointe-Saint-Gilles", in Lévis.
  
  ## Toponymy
  
  The toponym "rivière Rouge" was made official on October 6, 1983, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  
  