The brook Saint-Camille (''in French: ruisseau Saint-Camille'') 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 ...

of the east bank of the

Nicolet Southwest River The Nicolet Southwest River (''in French: rivière Nicolet Sud-Ouest'') is a tributary on the west bank of the Nicolet River. It empties into the municipality of Nicolet, Quebec, Nicolet, in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC) ...

whose current flows successively into 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 ...

, the

lac 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. T ...

and 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 ...

. Its course flows through the municipalities of Saint-Camille and Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, in the

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 ...

(MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, 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.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near the Saint-Camille stream are: * north side: Dion River; * east side: Nicolet Centre River; * south side

; * west side:

. The Saint-Camille stream feeds on various agricultural and forest streams in an area north-east of the village of Saint-Camille. This head zone is located southeast of rue Miquelon ( route 216) and on the northeast side of rue Desrivières. From its head area, the Saint-Camille stream flows over in the following segments: * westward, in the municipality of Saint-Camille, to rue Miquelon ( route 216); * west, to rue Desrivières; * westward, up to the municipal limit of Wotton; * westward, in the municipality of Wotton, to the municipal limit of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor; * westward, in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, to its mouth. The Saint-Camille stream empties on the east bank of the

. Its confluence is located east of the center of the village of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor and upstream of the confluence of the Dion River.

Toponymy

The term "Camille" constitutes a first name of French origin. The toponym "Ruisseau Saint-Camille" 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 names bank - Toponym: "Rivière Saint-Camille"

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Geography

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