Peribonca

American  

[per-uh-bong-kuh] / ˌpɛr əˈbɒŋ kə /

noun

1. a river in central Quebec, Canada, flowing S to Lake St. John. 280 miles (451 km) long.

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Example Sentences

The river Peribonca, into which Lake Tchitagama flows without a break, is the noblest of all the streams that empty into Lake St. John.

From Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness by Van Dyke, Henry

The first of these three rivers, which the traveller will meet as he passes up the northern shore of the lake, is the Peribonca flowing from the north-east.

From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 02 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)

Below the last fall the Peribonca flows for a score of miles with an unbroken, ever-widening stream, through low shores of forest and bush and meadow.

From Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness by Van Dyke, Henry

You have the air of it—all ready for the Peribonca, I suppose?

From The Unknown Quantity A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Van Dyke, Henry

Near its mouth the Little Peribonca joins it, and the immense flood, nearly two miles wide, pours into Lake St. John.

From Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness by Van Dyke, Henry