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Madeleine River (Saint-Camille Brook tributary)
The Madeleine River (in French: rivière Madeleine) is a tributary on the south shore of the Saint-Camille Brook whose current flows successively into the Nicolet Southwest River, the Nicolet River, Lake Saint-Pierre and St. Lawrence River. Its course flows in the municipalities of Dudswell (MRC Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality and Saint-Camille, in the Les Sources Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada. GeographyThe main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Madeleine River are:
The Madeleine River feeds from various agricultural and forest streams in an area south-east of the village of Saint-Camille. This head area is located southeast of the village of Saint-Camille, on the northeast side of rue Desrivières and northwest of chemin du ninth and tenth rank. From its head area, the Madeleine River flows on 8.3 kilometres (5.2 mi) in the following segments:
The Madeleine river empties on the south bank of the Saint-Camille Brook which is a tributary of the Nicolet Southwest River. Its confluence is located 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) upstream of the second and third rang road bridge, which is located at the intermunicipal limit of Wotton and Saint-Camille.[1] ToponymyThe term "Madeleine" constitutes a first name of French origin. The toponym "Rivière Madeleine" was formalized on March 19, 1979, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2] See alsoReferences
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