The rivière au Saumon (''English: Salmon River'') is a tributary of 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 ...

, on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River, in the province of Quebec, Canada. The river has a basin of and has its source in

lake Brompton Lake Brompton (french: Lac Brompton) is a lake located in the watershed of the St-François River, in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. It's watershed covers an area of approximately 140 km2. The lake has a length of just over 12 km, vari ...

. The course of the Rivière au Saumon crosses the territories of the Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality (administrative region of Estrie):

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, Kingsbury and Melbourne. Besides the village areas, forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; agriculture, second especially in the lower part. The surface of the Salmon River is usually frozen from mid-December to mid-March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March.

Geography

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

Ulverton River The Ulverton River is a tributary of the Saint-François River, flowing on the South Shore of the Saint-Laurent river, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, Canada. The course of the Ulverton river crosses the territories of: * the ...

; * east side:

; * south side:

Magog River The Magog River, or Sekosonotek in Abenaki, is a river that drains Lake Memphremagog. It is a small river running through the territories of the cities of Magog and Sherbrooke, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada, along a ...

; * west side: Gulf brook, Brandy brook, Noire River (Yamaska River), Renne River. The Rivière au Saumon constitutes the outfall of

, the mouth of which is located northeast of the lake, north of the hamlet "Lac-Brompton", in the territory of the municipality of

. From the route 222 bridge located at the mouth of Lac Brompton, the Salmon River flows to the bottom of a valley on: * north, in the municipality of

, up to the limit of this municipality; * towards the north, marking on this whole segment of river, the limit between

Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton is a municipality in Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality in the Estrie region of Quebec, Canada. Prior to November 16, 2013 it was a parish municipality A parish is an administrative division ...

and

, up to the limit of Kingsbury; * northerly, in the municipality of Melbourne, collecting the waters of Gulf brook; * to the north, in the municipality of Kingsbury, collecting the ruisse des Vases; * north, in the municipality of Melbourne, collecting the water from Horre stream, to its mouth. The Rivière au Saumon flows on the west bank of the

at downstream from Morin Island, at downstream Pont des Papetiers (connecting the hamlet of "Greenlay" and the town of Windsor) and upstream of the Mackenzie Bridge (connecting Melbourne and

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Toponymy

Formerly, this river was designated by its English name: "Salmon Brook River". The Abenaki use the name "Madakik", meaning "bad land". The toponym "Rivière au Saumon" was officially registered 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 - Bank of Place Names - Rivière au Saumon
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Notes and references

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