Beaudet River (Gentilly River tributary) explained

Beaudet River
Pushpin Map:Quebec
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Quebec
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Centre-du-Québec
Subdivision Type4:MRC
Subdivision Name4:Bécancour Regional County Municipality
Source1:Forested streams
Mouth:Gentilly River (Quebec)
River System:Gentilly River (Quebec), St. Lawrence River
Tributaries Left:(upstream)
Tributaries Right:(upstream)

The Beaudet River (in French: rivière Beaudet) is a tributary of the Gentilly River which flows onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

The Beaudet river flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford, located in the Bécancour Regional County Municipality), in the region administrative office of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Beaudet River are:

The Beaudet River rises at the limit of the municipalities of Lemieux and Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford. This head area is located in the southern part of Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford east of the village, northwest of the village center of Lemieux and south of the village of Sainte-Sophie-de-Lévrard.

From its head zone, the Beaudet River flows over with a drop of, divided into the following segments:

The Beaudet River empties on the west bank of the Gentilly River. Its confluence is located 3.7 km northeast of the center of the village of Sainte-Gertrude and west of the village of Sainte-Marie-de-Blandford.

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Baudet" was made official on August 17, 1978, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation. 2021-01-02.
  2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=77033 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "rivière Beaudet"