Rivière du Nord (Quebec)

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river_name = Rivière du Nord


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origin = Lac Brûlé, Quebec
mouth = Ottawa River
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river_name = Rivière du Nord


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origin = Clearwater Lakes, Quebec
mouth = Richmond Gulf
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There are two rivers of this name in Quebec.

1. Rivière du Nord is a river in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada that flows into the Ottawa River. [ [http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=44599&Latitude=45,51889&Longitude=-74,33666&Zoom=1700 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Topos sur le Web - Rivière du Nord] ] [ [http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=428%20380&lat=45.5189312084&long=-74.3362842055&mapxy=1610297.84335+-95065.496368&scale=5000000&feature_na=Rivi%E8re+du+Nord&location1=24&unique_key=38337386be4011d892e2080020a0f4c9&searchstring=rivi%E8re%20du%20Nord&entity=RIV&layers=fapfeature+fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D38337386be4011d892e2080020a0f4c9%26map.layer%5Btextzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+1609966.45277+-125970.178601+END+TEXT+%22Rivi%25E8re%2Bdu%2BNord%22+END%26map.layer%5Btextzoom46%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+1609966.45277+-125970.178601+END+TEXT+%22Rivi%25E8re%2Bdu%2BNord%22+END%26map.layer%5Blineresultzoom0%5D%3DDATA+fap_rivers%26map.layer%5Blineresultzoom1%5D%3DDATA+fap_rivers%26map.layer%5Blineresultzoom2%5D%3DDATA+fap_rivers%26map.layer%5Barrowzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+1609966.45277+-125970.178601+END+END Atlas of Canada] ] The oldest bridge over the river was constructed by William Shaw (1805-1894) near the village of Shawbridge, now part of the town of Prévost. [ [http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/topos/carto.asp?Speci=77527&Latitude=45,87139&Longitude=-74,07916&Zoom=1700 Commission de toponymie du Quebec - Topos sur le Web - village de Shawbridge] ]

2. Rivière du Nord is a river in the Nunavik, Hudson Bay watershed.

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