The Bras du Nord-Est (''in English: North-East Arm'') flows entirely in the municipality of

Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard is a parish municipality in Quebec, Canada. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a ch ...

, in the L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...

, in

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, in Canada. The "Bras du Nord-Est" is a tributary of the south bank of the

Bras de Riche The Bras de Riche (''in English: Arm of Rich'') flows in the municipalities of Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, Saint-Aubert and L'Islet (Saint-Eugène sector), in the L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Ap ...

which flows to the east bank of

Bras Saint-Nicolas The Bras Saint-Nicolas (''in English: Saint-Nicolas Arm'') is a tributary of the south-eastern bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny), which flows north-east to the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. The Bras Saint-Nicolas flows in the munic ...

which empties on the south-eastern bank of the

rivière du Sud (Montmagny) The rivière du Sud (''English: River of the South'') is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivièr ...

; the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Geography

The main watersheds neighbors of the Northeast Arm are: * North side:

, Sauvage brook, Trois Saumons lake; * east side: Bras de la rivière Ouelle,

Ouelle River The Ouelle River (''in French: rivière Ouelle'') is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. This river flows successively in the MRC of: * L'Islet Regional County Municipality (administr ...

Grand Calder River Grand may refer to: People with the name * Grand (surname) * Grand L. Bush (born 1955), American actor * Grand Mixer DXT, American turntablist * Grand Puba (born 1966), American rapper Places * Grand, Oklahoma * Grand, Vosges, village and commu ...

; * south side: Bras d'Apic, Bouteille stream,

Méchant Pouce River The rivière Méchant Pouce (''in English: Bad Tumb River'') flows in the municipalities of Saint-Marcel (MRC of L'Islet Regional County Municipality) and Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton (MRC de Montmagny Regional County Municipality), in the administ ...

; * west side:

rivière des Perdrix The rivière des Perdrix flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Cap-Saint-Ignace and Montmagny, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. The Rivi� ...

. The "Bras du Nord-Est" takes its source at "lac des Plaines" (length: ; altitude: ), located in a mountainous area, located in north side of the boundary between

and Tourville. This head lake is located southeast of Lac Trois Saumons, north of Lac Therrien and southeast of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. From this head lake, the "Bras du Nord-Est" flows over , divided into the following segments: * west in

, to a road that the river cuts at to the northeast the village of

; * west, up to route 285 which the river intersects at north-west of village of

; * north-west, up to its confluence. The "Bras du Nord-Est" flows onto the south shore of the

. This confluence is located north-west of the center of the village of

Toponymy

The toponym "Bras du Nord-Est" was made official on May 31, 1983, at the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: "Bras du Nord-Est"

Geography

Toponymy

References

See also