Pat River

The rivière à Pat (in English: Pat River) is a tributary on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It crosses the municipalities of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, Sainte-Séraphine and Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Pat River
Weedon steam downstream from Vaseux Lake.
Native nameRivière à Pat  (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionEstrie
MRCLe Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
MunicipalitySainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, Sainte-Séraphine and Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton
Physical characteristics
SourceAgricultural streams
  locationSainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick
  coordinates45.876523°N 72.112423°W / 45.876523; -72.112423
  elevation118 m (387 ft)
MouthNicolet Southwest River
  location
Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton
  coordinates
45.96444°N 72.23528°W / 45.96444; -72.23528
  elevation
83 m (272 ft)
Length18.4 km (11.4 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionNicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
  left(upstream) ruisseau Lampron-Raiche.
  right(upstream) ruisseau Lainesse, ruisseau Laroche, ruisseau Fafard,

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Pat river are:

The Rivière à Pat originates from various streams in the municipality of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, very close to the limit of the municipality of Kingsey Falls.

From its source, Pat's River flows on 18.4 kilometres (11.4 mi) in the following segments:


The Rivière à Pat drains on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. Its confluence is located 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) upstream from Île Lemire and upstream from the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton.

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière à Pat" was formalized on September 5, 1985 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 30, 2020. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière à Pat".
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