Fouquette River

The Fouquette river (in French: rivière Fouquette) is a tributary of the southern coast of the St. Lawrence River where it flows in front of the "Les Pèlerins" islands, in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska. This river flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, Saint-André-de-Kamouraska and Saint-Alexandre, in the Kamouraska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Bas-Saint-Laurent, in province of Quebec, in Canada.

Geography
The Fouquette River has its source in an agricultural area located 5.8 km south-east of the south-eastern coast of the estuary of Saint Lawrence, 1.3 km south-east of the village center from Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska and 2.2 km southeast of highway 20.

From its source, the Fouquette River flows for 21.6 km, divided into the following segments:
 * 5.3 km northeast in Sainte-Hélène-de-Kamouraska, to route 230 West;
 * 1.5 km north-west, then north-east, to the Route de la Station which crosses the hamlet "Saint-André-Station";
 * 3.5 km north-east in Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, including a 0.6 km segment in Saint-Alexandre, up to the Lapointe road;
 * 3.5 km north-east, of which about 320 m in a marsh area constitutes the limit between Saint-André-de-Kamouraska and Saint-Alexandre, up to the limit of Saint-Alexandre;
 * 1.8 km north, to highway 20, which it crosses;
 * 0.3 km northeast, to route 289;
 * 0.4 km north, to the Saint-André-de-Kamouraska limit;
 * 2.2 km north-west, flowing near the rivière des Caps, up to the route 132 which it crosses;
 * 3.1 km south-west, up to its confluence.

The confluence of the Fouquette river is located on a long shore at low tide, at the foot of "La Grosse Montagne", 3.4 km northeast of the center of the village of Saint-André-de-Kamouraska, 6.1 km to the west of the center of the village of Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska and 3.4 km west of the junction of exit 488 of highway 20.

Toponymy
The term “Fouquette” constitutes a surname of French origin.

The toponym “Rivière Fouquette” was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec.