The rivière au Canard (''in English: Duck River'') is a watercourse crossing the municipality of
Weedon, in the
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 ...
(MRC), in the administrative region of
Estrie, in
Quebec, in Canada.
Geography
The neighboring hydrographic slopes of Lac au Canard are:
* north side: Canard Lake;
* east side:
Coulombe River;
* south side:
lake Louise,
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 ...
;
* west side: Dufresne stream, Mud stream, Pinard stream,
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 ...
.
The river has its source in Lac au Canard (length: ; altitude: ) whose mouth is located on the south side. This lake is located southeast of Lake Nicolet, south of the center of the village of
Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens
Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens is a parish municipality located in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada.
Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population
The 2021 Canadian census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population with ...
and northwest of the center of the village of
Saint-Gérard which is amalgamated into the municipality of
Weedon.
From Lac au Canard, the Rivière au Canard flows for a distance of in the following segments:
* towards the south-east, the south-west and the south, collecting the waters of the Dufresne stream (coming from the west), up to the municipal limit between
Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud and
Weedon;
* southeasterly, along (on the west side) the limit of the
Saint-Gérard sector, up to the confluence of the stream Mud (coming from the west);
* southeasterly, to
route 112, which it crosses at north- east of the village center of
Weedon;
* towards the south-east, to its mouth.
The Canard River flows into
Lake Louise, a lake crossed by the
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 ...
, near
Weedon.
Toponymy
The toponym "Rivière au Canard" was made official 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 name bank - Toponym: "Rivière au Canard"
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See also
* 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 ...
* List of rivers of Quebec
References
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Rivers of Estrie
Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality