Bergeron River

Bergeron River
Bergeron River at the confluence of Lac Mégantic.
Native name	Rivière Bergeron (French)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
MRC	Le Granit Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source	Little mountain stream
• location	Val-Racine
• coordinates	45.476435°N 71.022988°W / 45.476435; -71.022988
• elevation	577 metres (1,893 ft)
Mouth	Lake Mégantic, Chaudière River
• location	Piopolis
• coordinates	45.45483°N 70.88528°W / 45.45483; -70.88528
• elevation	395 metres (1,296 ft)
Length	12.8 kilometres (8.0 mi)
Basin size	55.5 kilometres (34.49 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River
River system	St. Lawrence River
Tributaries
• left	(upstream)
• right	(upstream)

The Bergeron river (in French: rivière Bergeron) is a tributary on the south shore of Lake Mégantic which flows into the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

The Bergeron river flows in the municipalities of Val-Racine and Piopolis, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The Bergeron River has its source in a mountain area east of Mont Mégantic in the municipality of Val-Racine at approximately 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) west of the boundary of the municipality of Piopolis.

From its source, the Bergeron River flows in a forest zone over 12.8 kilometres (8.0 mi) divided into the following segments:

• 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) towards the south-east, up to the limit of the municipality of Piopolis;
• 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) easterly in Marston Township, to the limit of Clinton Township;
• 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) eastward in Clinton Township, crossing route 263, to its confluence.[1]

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Bergeron" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

• List of rivers of Quebec

References

1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-06.
2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "rivière Bergeron".

External links

• Article "Ducks unlimited takes possession of the marsh" - L'Écho de Frontenac - March 18, 2010 - This acquired area includes 4.7 km² of wetlands located at the head of Lac Mégantic