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Bulstrode River
Native name	Rivière Bulstrode (French)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
MRC	Arthabaska Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source	Various agricultural streams
• location	Princeville
• coordinates	46°08′35″N 71°56′24″W / 46.143116°N 71.939957°W / 46.143116; -71.939957
• elevation	142 m (466 ft)
Mouth	Bulstrode River
• location	Saint-Valère
• coordinates	46°04′17″N 72°08′00″W / 46.07139°N 72.13333°W / 46.07139; -72.13333
• elevation	87 m (285 ft)
Length	15.9 km (9.9 mi)
Basin features
River system	Bulstrode River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries
• left	(upstream) ruisseau Landry-Labbé, ruisseau Marceau, ruisseau Houle-Labbé, ruisseau Cloutier-Labbé, ruisseau du Neuvième Rang de la Rivière Noire
• right	(upstream) ruisseau Dugay, ruisseau Arthur-Rivard, ruisseau Boisvert, ruisseau Comeau, rivière Pimbina

The Noire River (in Frenche: Rivière Noire) is a tributary of the Bulstrode River whose current flows successively into the Nicolet River and St. Lawrence River. The Rivière Noire flows through the municipalities of Princeville, Saint-Rosaire and Saint-Valère, in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

The neighboring geographical slopes of the Black River are:

• north side: Blanche River;
• east side: Bulstrode River;
• south side: Bulstrode River;
• west side: Bulstrode River, Béland stream, Blanche River.

The Rivière Noire takes its source from various agricultural streams, north of the town of Victoriaville, south-east of the village of Saint-Rosaire and south-west of the village of Princeville.

From its head area in Princeville, the Black River flows on 15.9 kilometres (9.9 mi) in the following segments:

• 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) westward, to the limit of the municipality of Saint-Rosaire;
• 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) west to route 162;
• 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) westward, to the third crossing of eighth rang, which is located at the confluence of the Pimbina river;
• 7.7 kilometres (4.8 mi) towards the west, passing north of the village of Saint-Valère, to its mouth.^[1]

The Noire River flows on the north bank of the Bulstrode River, 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) downstream from the Saint-Valère road bridge and upstream from the route 955 located in the village of Saint-Samuel.

The toponym "rivière Noire" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.^[2] The origin possibly comes from nearby peatlands.

• List of rivers of Quebec