Lucie River

{{Short description|River in Suriname}} {{Infobox river | name = Lucie River | image = | image_size = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Suriname | source1 = Eilerts de Haan Mountains | source1_location = {{coord|3.5782|-56.2459|display=inline}} | mouth = Courantyne River | mouth_location = {{coord|3.5690|-57.6838|display=title, inline}} | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Suriname | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Sipaliwini District | progression = Courantyne River→Atlantic Ocean | length = | source1_elevation = | mouth_elevation = | discharge1_avg = | basin_size = }}

'''Lucie River''' is a river of Suriname. It feeds into the Atlantic Ocean as well as the Courantyne River. The river was discovered and named by Eilerts de Haan in 1908.<ref name="geschiedenis">{{cite web|url=https://isgeschiedenis.nl/nieuws/3-oktober-jarig-dirk-van-hogendorp-johan-eilerts-de-haan-en-louis-aragon|title=3 oktober jarig: Dirk van Hogendorp, Johan Eilerts de Haan en Louis Aragon|website=Is Geschiedenis|date=3 October 2011 |access-date=29 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref> Eilerts de Haan is buried near the river.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Encyclopaedie van Nederlandsch West-Indië - page 280 - Eilerts de Haan|website=Digital Library for Dutch Literature|url=https://www.dbnl.org/tekst/benj004ency01_01/benj004ency01_01.pdf|date=1916|access-date=30 May 2020|language=nl}}</ref>

==See also== *List of rivers of Suriname

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

==References== *Rand McNally, The New International Atlas, 1993.

Category:Rivers of Suriname