The Saint-Georges river is a tributary of the south shore of the

Chêne River Montreux (, , ; frp, Montrolx) is a Swiss municipality and town on the shoreline of Lake Geneva at the foot of the Alps. It belongs to the district of Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland, and has a population of approxima ...

which flows on 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 ...

. The Saint-Georges river flows in the municipality of

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 Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, 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

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, in Canada.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring the Saint-Georges River are: * north side: rivière du Chêne; * east 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 ...

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 ...

; * south side:

rivière aux Chevreuils The Rivière aux Chevreuils (''in English: Deer River'') is a tributary of the south shore of the rivière du Chêne which empties on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, i ...

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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 ...

; * west side: rivière du Chêne, Henri River. The Saint-Georges river has its source on the east side of the village of

. This head area is located north of the

, in the Sainte-Agathe falls area. This river flows on towards the northwest, with a drop of , until its confluence. The Saint-Georges river empties on the south bank of the

rivière du Chêne (Leclercville) The rivière du Chêne (''in English: Oak River'') is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. This river flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Saint-Gilles, Dosquet, Lyster (MRC de L'Érable Regional ...

, at (in direct line) northeast of the center of the village of

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Saint-Georges was formalized on August 8, 1977, 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-Georges

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References