The Dion river (''in French: rivière Dion'') is a tributary on the east bank of the

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, Quebec, Nicolet, in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC) ...

. Its course crosses the municipalities of Saint-Camille, Wotton and Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, in the

Les Sources Regional County Municipality Les Sources is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is the city of Val-des-Sources. Before April 22, 2006 it was known as Asbestos regional county municipality, and before August 1990 it was known as L ...

(MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Dion river are: * north side:

Nicolet Centre River The Nicolet Centre River (''in French: rivière Nicolet Centre'') is a tributary on the west bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It flows into the municipality of Wotton, in the Les Sources Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrati ...

, Aunière stream; * east side:

Weedon Stream The ruisseau Weedon (in English: ''Weedon Stream'') is a small steam which crosses the municipality of Weedon, Quebec, Weedon, in the Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in ...

Saint-François River The Saint-François River is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes course ...

; * south side

Madeleine River The Madeleine is a river in north eastern France, in the Territoire de Belfort ''département''. It is 25.4 km long, and its basin area is 92 km². It begins in the Vosges mountains, near the commune of Lamadeleine-Val-des-Anges. It ...

Saint-Camille Brook The brook Saint-Camille (''in French: ruisseau Saint-Camille'') is a tributary of the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River whose current flows successively into the Nicolet River, the lac Saint-Pierre and the St. Lawrence River. Its course f ...

; * west side:

. The Dion river feeds from various agricultural and forest streams in the sixth rang of the municipality of Saint-Camille. This head area is located north of the village of Saint-Camille, on the north side of the sixth rang road and south-west of

Ham-Sud Ham-Sud is a municipality in Quebec, Canada. Prior to October 22, 2011 it was a parish municipality and its name was Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud. It lies to the east of Wotton and about to the southwest of Thetford Mines. Quebec Route 257 Route ...

. From its head area, the Dion river flows southwest, crossing the sixth rang road, the route 255 and the second road rank. The Dion river empties on the east bank of the

. Its confluence is located downstream of the confluence of the

and upstream of the Aulnière stream.

Toponymy

The term "Dion" is a family name of French origin. The toponym "Rivière Dion" was formalized on November 7, 1985, 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: "Rivière Dion"
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References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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