The Prévost-Gilbert river (''in French: rivière Prévost-Gilbert'') is a tributary of the west bank of the
Bras Saint-Victor which flows into the
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River (; French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Western Abenaki, Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the ...
; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the
St. Lawrence River
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. It flows 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" (; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and the Appalachia ...
, in
Quebec
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, in Canada, in MRC of:
*
Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality
Les Appalaches () is a regional county municipality (RCM) in the Chaudière-Appalaches region in southeastern Quebec, Canada. It was established in 1982 from parts of the historic counties of Beauce, Frontenac, Mégantic, and Wolfe. The coun ...
: municipalities
Thetford Mines
Thetford Mines (; Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality.
The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 187 km east-northeast of Mo ...
(
Robertsonville sector),
Adstock
''For the municipality in Quebec, see Adstock, Quebec''
Adstock is a village and civil parish about northwest of Winslow and southeast of Buckingham in the Aylesbury Vale district of Buckinghamshire. The 2001 Census recorded a parish popul ...
(Sacré-Cœur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud sector),
Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus,
Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce;
*
Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality of
Saint-Victor.
Geography
The main neighboring
watersheds of the Prévost-Gilbert River are:
* north side:
Nadeau River,
Palmer River
The Palmer River is a river 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 the Suss ...
,
Whetstone River
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,
Perry River;
* east side:
Chaudière River
The Chaudière River (; French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Western Abenaki, Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the ...
, Bras Saint-Victor,
rivière du Cinq,
Noire River;
* south side: Bras Saint-Victor,
Fortin-Dupuis River,
rivière des Hamel;
* west side:
Gagné River,
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-Appalac ...
.
[
The Prévost-Gilbert River takes its source at the outlet of a small lake located northeast of the village of Pontbriand (town of Thetford Mines, on the southern slope of Montagne du Trois, northwest of the village of Robertsonville and northeast of route 269.][
From its source, the Prévost-Gilbert River flows over divided into the following segments:
* southeasterly, in the Pontbriand sector of the city of ]Thetford Mines
Thetford Mines (; Canada 2021 Census population 26,072) is a city in south-central Quebec, Canada. It is the seat of Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality.
The city is located in the Appalachian Mountains, 187 km east-northeast of Mo ...
, to the limit between the Pontbriand and Robertsonville sectors;
* eastward, to route 112;
* eastward, up to the limit between the sectors of Robertsonville and Sacré-Cœur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud;
* east, to a country road;
* eastward, up to the municipal limit of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus;
* towards the south-east, crossing a country road, to the limit of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce;
* south-east, up to route 271 which it intersects at to the north-west from the center of the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce;
* eastward, crossing the Ponterlegil dam, up to a road that leads to the municipality of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce and Saint-Victor;
* east, to a country road bridge;
* eastward, up to its confluence.[
]
Toponymy
The toponym Rivière Prévost-Gilbert was formalized on October 6, 1983, 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 - Rivière Prévost-Gilbert
See also
* List of rivers of Quebec
This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about:
*One million lakes, of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes;
*15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 313 ...
References
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Rivers of Chaudière-Appalaches
Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality