The rivière du Bois Clair (''in English: light wood river'') is a tributary of the east bank of the

rivière du Chêne 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 C ...

which flows 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 ...

. The Bois Clair river flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Croix-de-Lotbinière and

Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière () is a parish municipality in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec, Canada. Its population is 1,240 as of the Canada 2021 Census. It is named after Édouard Fau ...

, 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 31,7 ...

, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Bois Clair river are: * north side: Jean-Baptiste stream, Saint-Eustache stream,

; * east side: Petit Saut River,

Huron River The Huron River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed November 7, 2011 river in southeast Michigan, southeastern Michigan, rising out of the Huron Swamp in Springfie ...

, Bois Franc stream; * south side: Bras des Boucher,

rivière aux Cèdres The rivière aux Cèdres (''in English: Cedar River'') is a tributary of the east bank of the Henri River whose current flows successively into the rivière du Chêne and on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Cedars River flows th ...

, rivière aux Ormes, Henri River; * west side:

. The Bois Clair river "has its source at 3e rang south in the municipality of Sainte-Croix. This area also forms the head of the Barbin stream flowing to the north to the

and a stream flowing east to the Petit Saut River. From its head area, the Bois Clair river "flows over with a drop of , divided into the following segments: * southwesterly in Sainte-Croix, to the western limit of the municipality; * southwesterly, then northwesterly, to route 226 (designated "route Principale"), which it cut at east of the village of

; * west, intersecting Route Laliberté and Route Ouellet, to Route Soucy, which it intersects at the village of

; * towards the west, crossing the Bélanger road, until its confluence. The Bois Clair river "flows on the east bank of the

. This confluence is located opposite the rang du Portage of

Leclercville Leclercville () is a municipality located on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is part of the Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches (, ) is an administrative re ...

, at downstream of the Chêne River bridge ( route 226), south-east of the village of

and south of the village of Lotbinière.

Toponymy

The term Boisclair is a family name of French origin. The toponym Rivière du Bois Clair was formalized on December 5, 1968, 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 - Place names bank - Toponym: Rivière du Bois Clair

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References