Serpentine River (Québec)


The Serpentine River flows from the unorganized territory of Lac-Lapeyrère, Quebec, located in the Portneuf Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of the Capitale-Nationale, in the province of Quebec, Canada. Its course is entirely in the forest zone. The surface of the river is usually frozen from November till April.
This river of Batiscanie has a length of 2.3 km from its source in Lake Genest. After a tortuous path of one km to the southeast, the Serpentine River narrows to a segment of 200 meters. It then flows into the small lake of oregano. Then she resumes her journey southeast of the lake to flow over 0.9 km, first in line, before turning south and then east. Then the river empties on the right bank of the Batiscan river, between the fall Pierre-Antoine and "Gates of Hell".
The water feeding the lake Genest from the following major lakes : Martel, Pasha, Lapeyrère, Beaujour, Robinson and through. The most impressive lake watershed is Lapeyrère lake whose name is associated with this unorganized territory.

Toponymy

The name "Serpentine River" is associated with the winding part of his course, especially for a significant segment of a dozen kilometers berries downstream of the road bridge, built in the south of Lake Genest. However, the rest of the course is not similar to a coil. The name "Serpentine River" was formalized on March 28, 1974 to register the names of places in the Commission de toponymie du Québec.