The Saint-André river (''in French: rivière Saint-André'') is a tributary of the

Filkars River The Filkars River (''in French: rivière Filkars'') is a tributary of the Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the St. Lawrence River). It flows in the municipalities of Sa ...

whose current flows successively into the

Beaurivage River The Beaurivage River is a tributary of the Chaudière River which in turn flows into the St. Lawrence River. The Beaurivage river crosses the Quebec municipalities (in Canada) of: * MRC Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality o ...

, the west bank of the

Chaudière River The Chaudière River (French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the Estrie region, it runs northwards to flo ...

and 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 ...

. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Sylvestre and

Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. Part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region, it had a population of 1,049 as of 2021. It is named after Agatha of Sicily, w ...

, in the

Lotbinière Regional County Municipality Lotbinière is a regional county municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec. It is an almost exclusively rural RCM, with no village with a population above 4,000. As of the 2016 Canadian Census, the RCM had a population of 31,741. ...

, in the administrative region of

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...

, in

Québec Quebec ( ; )According to the Government of Canada, 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 ...

, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Saint-André river are: * north side:

Fourchette River The Fourchette River (''in French: rivière Fourchette'') is a tributary of the Filkars River whose current flows successively into the Beaurivage River, the west bank of the Chaudière River and the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. The Four ...

; * east side:

, Nadeau River, Lessard River, Vallée River, Boiler River; * south side:

Palmer River The Palmer River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area surrounding the river was the site of a gold rush in the late 19th century which started in 1873. Course and features The headwaters of the Palmer River rise in ...

Palmer East River The Palmer East River (''in French: rivière Palmer Est'') is a tributary of the Palmer River whose current flows successively into the Bécancour River, then on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Palmer East River flows through the mu ...

; * west side:

Armagh River The Armagh River (''in French: rivière Armagh'') is a tributary of the Filkars River which flows on the south bank of the Beaurivage River whose current flows successively on the west bank of the Chaudière River and on the south shore of the ...

, Saint-Georges River, rivière du Chêne, Henri River. The Saint-André River has its source in the municipality of Saint-Sylvestre, at east of the village center. This headland is located south of route 216, north of Mont Handkerchief and south of the village of

Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage is a municipality in the Municipalité régionale de comté de Lotbinière in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches region and the population is 1,054 as of 2009. It is named after Saint Patrick, as ...

. From its source, the Saint-André River flows over divided into the following segments: * north-east, up to route 216 which it crosses at to the north-east the village of Saint-Sylvestre; * north-east, then west, up to the Moulin road that it crosses at north-of the village center of Saint-Sylvestre; * towards the southwest, in Saint-Sylvestre, to the confluence of a stream (coming from the west); * northwesterly, to route 269; * north-west, to the limit of

which it runs along for ; * towards the northeast, up to its confluence. The Saint-André river empties on the south bank of the

in the eastern part of the territory of

. This confluence is located upstream from the confluence of the

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Saint-André" 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 - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Rivière Saint-André"

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References