Saint-Camille Brook

Saint-Camille River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
MRC	Les Sources Regional County Municipality
Municipality	Saint-Camille, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor
Physical characteristics
Source	Agricultural streams
• location	Saint-Camille
• coordinates	45.686264°N 71.689205°W / 45.686264; -71.689205
• elevation	296 m (971 ft)
Mouth	Nicolet Southwest River
• location	Saint-Georges-de-Windsor
• coordinates	45.67083°N 71.7875°W / 45.67083; -71.7875
• elevation	218 m (715 ft)
Length	9.9 km (6.2 mi)
Discharge
• average	Ni
Basin features
River system	Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries
• left	(upstream)
• right	(upstream)

The brook Saint-Camille (in French: ruisseau Saint-Camille) is a tributary of the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River whose current flows successively into the Nicolet River, the lac Saint-Pierre and the St. Lawrence River. Its course flows through the municipalities of Saint-Camille and Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, in the Les Sources Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near the Saint-Camille stream are:

• north side: Dion River;
• east side: Nicolet Centre River;
• south side Nicolet Southwest River;
• west side: Nicolet Southwest River.

The Saint-Camille stream feeds on various agricultural and forest streams in an area north-east of the village of Saint-Camille. This head zone is located southeast of rue Miquelon (route 216) and on the northeast side of rue Desrivières.

From its head area, the Saint-Camille stream flows over 9.9 kilometres (6.2 mi) in the following segments:

• 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) westward, in the municipality of Saint-Camille, to rue Miquelon (route 216);
• 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) west, to rue Desrivières;
• 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) westward, up to the municipal limit of Wotton;
• 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) westward, in the municipality of Wotton, to the municipal limit of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor;
• 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) westward, in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, to its mouth.

The Saint-Camille stream empties on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. Its confluence is located 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) east of the center of the village of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor and 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) upstream of the confluence of the Dion River.[1]

Toponymy

The term "Camille" constitutes a first name of French origin.

The toponym "Ruisseau Saint-Camille" 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". Retrieved December 30, 2020. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière Saint-Camille".