Bergeron River | |
Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Estrie |
Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
Subdivision Name4: | Le Granit Regional County Municipality |
Source1: | Little mountain stream |
Mouth: | Lake Mégantic, Chaudière River |
Mouth Location: | Piopolis |
Progression: | Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
River System: | St. Lawrence River |
Basin Size: | 55.5km (34.5miles) |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
Tributaries 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.
The Bergeron River has its source in a mountain area east of Mont Mégantic in the municipality of Val-Racine at approximately west of the boundary of the municipality of Piopolis.
From its source, the Bergeron River flows in a forest zone over divided into the following segments:
The toponym "rivière Bergeron" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]