The Dubois River (designated "Chainey River" until 2006) is a tributary of the

Bécancour River The Bécancour River is a river flowing in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada. Geography The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalach ...

which is a tributary of the south shore of the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...

. The Dubois River flows through the municipalities of Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande,

Irlande Irlande is a municipality in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population was 884 as of the Canada 2016 Census. Irlande does not have a town or village centre, but the hamlet o ...

, in the

Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality Les Appalaches ( ''Municipalité régionale de comté des Appalaches'') is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of ...

(MRC), 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 ...

, and Saint-Ferdinand of the MRC of

L'Érable Regional County Municipality L'Érable (''Maple'') is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Named for its maple trees, the area is rural in nature and is located 50 km southwest of Quebec City Quebec City ( or ; french: ...

(

Centre-du-Québec Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 Census population of 242,399 inhabitants. Description The Centre-du- ...

), in

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, Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Dubois River are: * north side: Carrier stream, Bullard stream,

; * east side: Bullard stream, Morency stream,

Bagot River The Bagot River (''in French: rivière Bagot'') is a tributary of the Bécancour River which is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Bagot River flows in the municipalities of Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande and Irlande, in the ...

; * south side:

, Lac à la Truite, McLean stream; * west side:

. The Dubois River has its source in the municipality of Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande, at south of the hamlet "Clapham", at south-east of route 216 and at from the limit of the municipality of Saint-Jean-de-Brébeuf. From its head area, the Dubois River flows over divided into the following segments: * southwesterly, to the municipal boundary between Saint-Adrien-d'Irlande,

; * southwesterly, to the route 216 bridge; * southwesterly, up to the municipal boundary between

and Saint-Ferdinand; * southwesterly, crossing route 165, to its confluence. The Dubois River flows onto the east shore of William Lake, which is crossed to the north by the

. This confluence is located opposite the village of Bernierville and from the confluence of the

whose current enters from the south of Lake William.

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Dubois" was made official on June 12, 2006, 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 names bank - Toponym: "rivière Dubois"

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References