The Nicolet Southwest River (''in French: rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest'') is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

on the west bank of the

Nicolet River The Nicolet River (french: Rivière Nicolet) is a river in Quebec, Canada. It is a tributary of the Saint Lawrence River on its southern shore and flows into Lake Saint Pierre. It is named in honor of the pioneer Jean Nicolet. It has several trib ...

. It empties into the municipality of Nicolet, in the

Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality Nicolet-Yamaska is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. The county seat is Nicolet. Subdivisions There are 16 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Nicolet ;Municipalities (11) * ...

(MRC), in the administrative region of

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

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 ...

, in Canada. This river flows through the

regional county municipalities The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county r ...

(MRC): Administrative region of

Estrie Estrie () is an administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 per cent francophone. Angl ...

: * MRC of

Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality Le Haut-Saint-François (; ''The Upper Saint-François t. Francis'' is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada in the Estrie region. Its seat is in Cookshire-Eaton, and it is named for the Saint-François River which runs ...

: Dudswell; * MRC des

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 ...

: Danville; Administrative region of

: * MRC of

Arthabaska Regional County Municipality Arthabaska Regional County Municipality is a regional county municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec. Its seat is Victoriaville. Subdivisions There are 23 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (4) * Daveluyville ...

Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey, Quebec Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey is a Quebec municipality located in the Drummond Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Quebec region. The population as of the Canada 2011 Census was 1,563. The municipality was known as the Township of Kingsey u ...

, Saint-Samuel; * MRC of

Drummond Regional County Municipality Drummond is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. The seat is Drummondville. Subdivisions There are 18 subdivisions within the RCM: ;Cities & Towns (1) * Drummondville ;Municipalities (12) * Durha ...

: Saint-Lucien,

Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (parish) Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil is a parish municipality located in the Drummond Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Quebec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2021 Census was 885. The municipality completely encircles the vil ...

Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil (village) Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil is a village municipality in Drummond Regional County Municipality in the Centre-du-Quebec region of Quebec. The population as of the Canada 2016 Census was 1,557. The community is completely encircled by the parish mu ...

, Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults; * MRC of

: Sainte-Eulalie, Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, Grand-Saint-Esprit, La Visitation-de-Yamaska, Nicolet.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Nicolet Sud-Ouest river are: * North side:

Lake Saint-Pierre Lake Saint Pierre (; abe, Nebesek) is a lake in Quebec, Canada, a widening of the Saint Lawrence River between Sorel-Tracy and Trois-Rivières. It is located downstream, and northeast, of Montreal; and upstream, and southwest, of Quebec City. Th ...

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 ...

; * East side:

Marguerite River Marguerite may refer to: People * Marguerite (given name), including a list of people with the name Places *Marguerite, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community *Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula * Marguerite Island, Adélie Land, Antarctic ...

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 ...

; * South side:

Saint-Zéphirin River The Saint-Zéphirin River (''in French: rivière Saint-Zéphirin'') is a tributary on the west bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It crosses the municipalities of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval and La Visitation-de- ...

rivière des Saults The rivière des Saults (''in English: Saults river'') is a tributary on the south bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It empties into the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Quebec, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Qu ...

, Landry River, Danville River,

Stoke River The Stoke river (''in French: rivière Stoke'') is a tributary of the Saint-François River, in the administrative region of Estrie, on the South Shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada. The course of the Stoke River successively crosse ...

; * West side:

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 "Nicolet Sud-Ouest River" has its source at "Lac chez Piet" located between two mountains in the territory of the municipality of Dudswell. This spring is located at south of the village of Saint-Camille, at east of the route 216, at east of Lake Watopeka and south-west of the center of the village of Saint-Adolphe-de-Dudswell. Upper course of the river (segment of ) From "Lac chez Piet", the "Nicolet Sud-Ouest" river flows over: * northward to the limit of the municipality of Saint-Adolphe-de-Dudswell, that is also the limit of the

; * northwesterly in the municipality of Wotton, to route 216; * north-west to rue Gosselin, which it crosses at southwest of the center of the village of Wotton; * northwesterly through Wotton, to the eastern shore of "Les Trois Lacs"; * to the west, crossing Les Trois-Lacs (Les Sources), this body of water overlaps the

(Wotton) and that of

(municipalities of Trois-Lacs and Saint-Rémi-de-Tingwick); * southwesterly, up to the limit of the municipality of Danville (Shipton sector); * west, to the railroad it crosses at north of the center of the village of Danville; * west, forming a large loop north bypassing the village of Danville, to the confluence of the Landry River; * north-west, in the municipality of Danville (Shipton sector) to the bridge ( route 255) southwest of the village of Saint-Félix-de-Kingsey. Intermediate course of the river (segment of ) From the village of

Kingsey Falls Kingsey Falls, Quebec is a town in Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada, with a population of 1,946 at the 2016 census. It is 30 km east of Drummondville and west of Route 116. One of the largest employers in the community is Cascades, whic ...

, the Nicolet Sud-Ouest river flows over: * towards the north-west, cutting on the southern corner of the territory of Sainte-Élisabeth-de-Warwick, and crossing on the territory of Sainte-Séraphine, up to the limit of the municipalities of

and Saint-Lucien; * westward through Saint-Lucien, to the Domaine Parent bridge; * north-west, to the bridge located southwest of the village of Sainte-Clothilde-de-Horton; its course is then only (on the southwest side) of the course of the

; * westward in Sainte-Clothilde-de-Horton, to the limit of the MRC of

; * north-west in

, to the village bridge; * north-west to autoroute 20; Lower course of the river (segment of ) From

highway 20 Route 20, or Highway 20, may refer to: International * European route E20 Australia * Sturt Highway (NSW/VIC/SA) * Yarra Bank Highway Brazil * BR-020 Canada * Alberta Highway 20 * British Columbia Highway 20 * Manitoba Highway 20 *New B ...

, the river flows over: * north-west, to the village bridge of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults; * northwesterly, to the limit of La Visitation-de-Yamaska; * northwesterly, to the confluence of the

Sévère-René River The Sévère-René River is a tributary on the west bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It crosses the municipalities of Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval and La Visitation-de-Yamaska, in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in t ...

; * northwesterly, to the confluence of the

; * north, up to its confluence. The "South-West Nicolet River" empties on the west bank of the

, at upstream of Moras Island, at downstream of the Île de l'Île bridge and upstream of the Pierre-Roy bridge ( route 132). The confluence of the "Nicolet Sud-Ouest river" is located upstream from the confluence of the

with the

. The main tributaries of the Nicolet Sud-Ouest river are: *

Rivière des Saults The rivière des Saults (''in English: Saults river'') is a tributary on the south bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It empties into the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Quebec, Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, Qu ...

* Landry River * Carmel River * Lafont River * Rivière à Pat * Nicolet Centre River ** Nicolet North-East River * Dion River * Saint-Camille Brook

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest" was formalized on December 5, 1968, 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 Nicolet Sud-Ouest"

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References