The Duncan River is a tributary of the

rivière le Renne The rivière le Renne (''English: Reindeer River'') is a tributary of the Yamaska River, which flows in the municipalities of Maricourt, Sainte-Christine, Acton Vale, Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, of Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, in the Acton Regional C ...

, which flows in the municipalities of

Saint-Germain-de-Grantham Saint-Germain-de-Grantham is a municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 4,551. Saint-Germain-de-Grantham was the birthplace of Marie Rose Ferron. Demographics Population Populatio ...

(a sector of

Drummondville Drummondville is a city in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, located east of Montreal on the Saint-François River. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 79,258. The mayor of Drummondville is Stéphanie Lacoste. Drummondville is ...

), Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton, Saint-Théodore-d'Acton and

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, in the

Acton Regional County Municipality Acton Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Montérégie region of Quebec. The seat is Acton Vale. Founded in 1982, the Acton Regional County Municipality is made up of eight smaller municipalities contain ...

(MRC), in

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, on the South Shore of the

Saint 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, connectin ...

, in

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, Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Duncan River are: * north side:

rivière aux Vaches The rivière aux Vaches is a tributary of the Saint-François River. It flows northwest in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada, crossing the municipalities of: * MRC of ...

; * east side:

Saint-Germain River The Saint-Germain River is a tributary of the Saint-François River. It flows in Drummond Regional County Municipality (MRC), north-west in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, ...

; * south side:

; * west side: David River,

Yamaska River The Yamaska River is a river in southern Quebec, Canada. Sourcing water within the Eastern Townships, it ends its journey in Lake Saint-Pierre where it is a tributary to the Saint Lawrence River; altogether it is long. Crossing nearly twenty ...

. The Duncan River draws its sources to the south of a marsh area (length of ) in the south-eastern part of the territory of

, near the limit of the municipality of Wickham. From its head, the Duncan River flows entirely in an agricultural zone on: * south, in

to the route de la Grande-Ligne; * south in range XII of township of Wickham, to the Forcier road; * to the southwest in range XII Acton and range XI of Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, until its confluence with the J.-A.-Duff stream; * southwest in range XI to the tenth rang road that it crosses at the western limit of the village of Saint-Nazaire-d'Acton; * south-west in range X of Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, up to brook Marie (coming from the north-west) which empties near the 9e rang road; * to the south in range IX of Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, winding up to the Leclerc stream (coming from the east); * to the south in range VIII and VII of Saint-Théodore-d'Acton, up to its mouth. The Duncan River drains into a river bend on the north bank of the Reindeer River at

. The mouth of the Duncan River is located northeast of the village of

, north of route 116 and upstream from the mouth of the

Toponymy

In the past, this watercourse was called the “Saint-Nazaire river”. The toponym “Duncan River” was officially registered on July 9, 1980, 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 - Bank of place names - Duncan River

Geography

Toponymy

References

See also