Nicolet Southwest River

The Nicolet Southwest River (in French: rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest) is a tributary on the west bank of the Nicolet River. It empties into the municipality of Nicolet, in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

Nicolet Southwest River
Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest at Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey.
Native nameRivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest  (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionCentre-du-Québec
MRCArthabaska Regional County Municipality, Drummond Regional County Municipality, Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
MunicipalitySaint-Samuel, Saint-Lucien, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (paroisse), Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (village), Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, Sainte-Eulalie, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Grand-Saint-Esprit, La Visitation-de-Yamaska, Nicolet
Physical characteristics
SourceLac chez Piet
  locationDudswell
  coordinates45.62667°N 71.70194°W / 45.62667; -71.70194
  elevation322 m (1,056 ft)
MouthNicolet River
  location
Nicolet
  coordinates
46.21667°N 72.60139°W / 46.21667; -72.60139
  elevation
6 m (20 ft)
Length150 km (93 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSt. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
  left(upstream) cours d'eau Georges-Fleurent, La Grande Décharge, ruisseau Louis-Proulx, Saint-Zéphirin River, Sévère-René River, ruisseau Grady, ruisseau Boisvert, rivière des Saults, ruisseau du Rang Saint-Édouard, ruisseau Blais, cours d'eau Louis-Morin, rivière ?, ruisseau Onzième, ruisseau Lalancette, ruisseau Champagne, ruisseau Donat-Plante, ruisseau Landry-Lemire, ruisseau Gervais-Léveillée, La Coulée Naturelle, cours d'eau Fontaine, cours d'eau Bernier et Frères, ruisseau Abercrombie, ruisseau Francoeur, Landry River, cours d'eau Jacques, ruisseau Soucy.
  right(upstream) ruisseau Leblanc, ruisseau Jutras, Carmel River, ruisseau Eugène-Beauchemin, ruisseau Benoit-Girard, ruisseau Thibodeau-Béliveau, Lafont River, cours d'eau Bergeron, rivière à Pat, ruisseau Dubuc, ruisseau Roux, Nicolet Centre River, ruisseau l'Aulnière, Dion River, Saint-Camille Brook, Madeleine River.

This river flows through the regional county municipalities (MRC):

Administrative region of Estrie:

Administrative region of Centre-du-Québec:

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Nicolet Sud-Ouest river are:

The "Nicolet Sud-Ouest River" has its source at "Lac chez Piet" located between two mountains in the territory of the municipality of Dudswell. This spring is located at 6.2 kilometres (3.9 mi) south of the village of Saint-Camille, at 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) east of the route 216, at 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) east of Lake Watopeka and 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) south-west of the center of the village of Saint-Adolphe-de-Dudswell.

Upper course of the river (segment of 58.8 kilometres (36.5 mi))

From "Lac chez Piet", the "Nicolet Sud-Ouest" river flows over:

Intermediate course of the river (segment of 39.3 kilometres (24.4 mi))

From the village of Kingsey Falls, the Nicolet Sud-Ouest river flows over:

Lower course of the river (segment of 41.1 kilometres (25.5 mi))

From highway 20, the river flows over:

The "South-West Nicolet River" empties on the west bank of the Nicolet River, at 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) upstream of Moras Island, at 200 metres (660 ft) downstream of the Île de l'Île bridge and 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) upstream of the Pierre-Roy bridge (route 132). The confluence of the "Nicolet Sud-Ouest river" is located 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) upstream from the confluence of the Nicolet River with the St. Lawrence River.[1]

The main tributaries of the Nicolet Sud-Ouest river are:

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

Notes and references

  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada". Retrieved December 31, 2020. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest".
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