La petite Rivière (''in English: The Little River'') is a tributary of

Grand lac Saint François The Grand lac Saint-François () is a freshwater body covering , in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in southeastern Quebec, in Canada. This water body is located in two regional county municipality: * Le Granit Regional County ...

which constitutes the head lake of

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 ...

. The course of "La petite Rivière" crosses the territory of the municipality of Lambton, in the

Le Granit Regional County Municipality Le Granit (, ) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire New Hampshi ...

, in the administrative region of

Estrie Estrie () is an List of Quebec regions, administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 pe ...

, on the South Shore of the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...

, in

Quebec Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...

, Canada.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near "La petite Rivière" are: * north side:

rivière aux Bluets (Grand lac Saint François) The rivière aux Bluets (''in English: Blueberries River'') is a tributary of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the "Rivière aux Bluets" crosses the territory of the municipali ...

rivière aux Bluets Sud Rivière, La Rivière, or Les Rivières (French for "river") may refer to: Places Belgium * Rivière, Profondeville, a village Canada * La Rivière, Manitoba, a community * Les Rivières (Quebec City), a borough France * La Rivière, Giron ...

; * east side:

, Champagne stream; * south side:

Sauvage River (Felton River tributary) The Sauvage River (''in French: rivière Sauvage'') is a tributary of the Felton River which flows into the Baie Sauvage to the south of Grand lac Saint François which constitutes the head lake of the Saint-François River. The course of the Sa ...

, brook de la Languette, brook Rouge; * west side:

. "La Petite Rivière" has its source in an agricultural zone in the 3e rang, east of the village of Lambton, south of route 108, west of fourth rang road, west of the head of Champagne brook (a tributary of the

. From its head area, the river flows on towards the north; then forks north-west to follow the fourth rang road (on the southwest side); westward crossing route 108 at north of the intersection of rue Principale and 2nd Avenue (chemin du 2e rang) of Lambton; south-west to the confluence with a small stream (coming from the east) that crosses the village of Lambton; and westward, crossing under the Rang Saint-Michel bridge, to its mouth. Its route is generally in an agricultural zone, except in the head zone and the forest islets it crosses. "La Petite Rivière" empties at the bottom of a very small bay, on the east shore of

, west of the center of the village of Lambton, facing the "Pointe Richard" (west shore of the lake) and at north of the mouth of Ruisseau Rouge which is located south of

Toponymy

The toponym "La petite Rivière" was officially registered on August 4, 1969, at the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to th ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - La petite Rivière (Grand lac Saint-François)

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

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