Godefroy River

Godefroy River
Native name	Rivière Godefroy (French)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Centre-du-Québec
MRC	Bécancour Regional County Municipality
City	Bécancour
Physical characteristics
Source	Lake Saint-Paul
• location	Bécancour
• coordinates	46.293606°N 72.508261°W / 46.293606; -72.508261
• elevation	8 m (26 ft)
Mouth	St. Lawrence River
• location	Bécancour
• coordinates	46.31222°N 72.53889°W / 46.31222; -72.53889
• elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Length	3.5 km (2.2 mi)
Basin features
River system	St. Lawrence River
Tributaries
• left	(upstream)
• right	(upstream)

The Godefroy River (in French: rivière Godefroy) is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the town of Bécancour, in Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Godefroy river are:

• North side: St. Lawrence River
• East side: Bécancour River
• South side: Blanche River
• West side: Arsenault stream

Lake Saint-Paul (length: 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi); altitude: 6 metres (20 ft)) constitutes the source of the Godefroy River. This body of water is located very close (on the east side) of the intersection of highways 55 and 30, or south of the Laviolette bridge spanning the St. Lawrence River.[1]

The Godefroy River flows on 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) westward until Highway 30, which it crosses, and flows on 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) northwest in the municipality of Bécancour. This river flows on the southeast shore of the Estuary of Saint Lawrence at 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) downstream from Laviolette Bridge connecting Trois-Rivières and Bécancour.[2]

Toponymy

The toponym Godefroy River was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Quebec

References

1. "Watershed basin of the Godefroy River" (PDF). Consultation group for watersheds in the Bécancour zone (in French). Retrieved July 18, 2016..
2. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada". Retrieved December 25, 2020. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
3. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Godefroy.