La petite Rivière (''in English: The Little River'') is a tributary of

Grand lac Saint François The Grand lac Saint-François is a freshwater body covering , in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in southeastern Quebec, in Canada. This water body is located in two regional county municipality: * Le Granit Regional County Mu ...

which constitutes the head lake of

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 ...

. The course of "La petite Rivière" crosses the territory of the municipality of Lambton, in the

Le Granit Regional County Municipality Le Granit (''Granite'') is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire and Maine. ...

, in the administrative region of Estrie, on 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 ...

, in

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near "La petite Rivière" are: * north side: rivière aux Bluets (Grand lac Saint François), rivière aux Bluets Sud; * east side: rivière aux Bluets (Grand lac Saint François), Champagne stream; * south side:

Sauvage River (Felton River tributary) The Sauvage River (''in French: rivière Sauvage'') is a tributary of the Felton River which flows into the Baie Sauvage to the south of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the Sau ...

, brook de la Languette, brook Rouge; * west side:

. "La Petite Rivière" has its source in an agricultural zone in the 3e rang, east of the village of Lambton, south of route 108, west of fourth rang road, west of the head of Champagne brook (a tributary of the rivière aux Bluets (Grand lac Saint François). From its head area, the river flows on towards the north; then forks north-west to follow the fourth rang road (on the southwest side); westward crossing route 108 at north of the intersection of rue Principale and 2nd Avenue (chemin du 2e rang) of Lambton; south-west to the confluence with a small stream (coming from the east) that crosses the village of Lambton; and westward, crossing under the Rang Saint-Michel bridge, to its mouth. Its route is generally in an agricultural zone, except in the head zone and the forest islets it crosses. "La Petite Rivière" empties at the bottom of a very small bay, on the east shore of

, west of the center of the village of Lambton, facing the "Pointe Richard" (west shore of the lake) and at north of the mouth of Ruisseau Rouge which is located south of

Toponymy

The toponym "La petite Rivière" was officially registered on August 4, 1969, 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 - La petite Rivière (Grand lac Saint-François)

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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