Bras d'Henri | |
Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Administrative region |
Subdivision Name3: | Chaudière-Appalaches |
Subdivision Type4: | RCM |
Subdivision Name4: | La Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, Lotbinière Regional County Municipality |
Source1: | Agricultural streams |
Source1 Location: | Saint-Elzéar |
Mouth: | Beaurivage River |
Mouth Location: | Saint-Gilles |
Progression: | Beaurivage River, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) Petit bras d'Henri |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) ruisseau Malbrook, cours d'eau de la Judée |
The Bras d'Henri is a tributary of the Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the Saint-Laurent). It flows in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Bernard, Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, in the Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon sector of the city of Lévis and Saint-Gilles, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Bras d'Henri river are:
Le Bras d'Henri has its source in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar at west of the village center. This headland is located north of route 216, north of the head of the Savoie River (tributary of the Richelieu River) and southeast of the Chaudière River.
From its source, the Bras d'Henri river flows mainly in agricultural areas over divided into the following segments:
Le Bras d'Henri empties on the east bank of the Beaurivage River at (in a direct line) north of the village of Saint-Gilles and south of the hamlet "Pointe-Saint-Gilles".
The toponym "Bras d'Henri" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]