Clifton River Explained

Clifton 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 Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
Subdivision Type5:	Municipality
Subdivision Name5:	Saint-Malo, Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton and Newport
Length:	14.3km (08.9miles)
Source1:	Mountain streams
Source1 Location:	Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton
Source1 Coordinates:	45.2119°N -71.4813°W
Source1 Elevation:	459m (1,506feet)
Mouth:	Saint-François River
Mouth Location:	Newport
Mouth Coordinates:	45.3328°N -71.545°W
Mouth Elevation:	260m (850feet)
Progression:	Saint-François River, Saint Lawrence River
Tributaries Left:	(upstream) ruisseau Saltworth
Tributaries Right:	(upstream) ruisseau Alyre-Vallée, ruisseau du Moulin, ruisseau Chabot

The Clifton River is a tributary of the Eaton River, which flows into the Saint-François River which in turn flows on the south shore of the Saint-François River which in turn flows onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

The Clifton River flows through the municipalities of Saint-Malo, Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton and Newport, in the Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Clifton River are:

• north side: Eaton River;
• east side: Eaton River;
• south side: Thompson stream;
• west side: Lajoie brook, Bobines brook, rivière aux Saumons (Massawippi River tributary).^[1]

The Clifton River originates in a small valley between two mountains (the northeastern one reaches ; the southern one reaches), near Auckland Road, in the Fifth Rang of canton of Auckland, east of the village of Saint-Malo, in Estrie.

From its source in the municipality of Saint-Malo, this river descends on towards the north, according to the following segments:

• northwesterly to the limit of the municipality of Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton;
• north-west, passing west of the village of Saint-Malo, to the limit of the township municipality of Saint-Isidore-de-Clifton;
• north-west, to the limit of the municipality of Newport;
• north, up to its mouth.^[2]

The Clifton River empties on the south bank of the Eaton River on the east side of the village of Sawyerville, at upstream of the bridge over the route 210, at downstream of the Randboro hamlet bridge, approximately east of Sherbrooke.^[3]

Toponymy

The term "Clifton" is a family name of English origin.

The toponym "Clifton River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Quebec

Notes and References

1. Web site: Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the site instrumentation. September 18, 2015. .
2. Web site: Hydrogeology study of the Eaton river basin by G Simard. www.bape.gouv.qc.ca. July 10, 2014. .
3. Source: "Names and places of Quebec", work of the Commission de toponymie du Québec, published in 1994 and 1996 in the form of a printed illustrated dictionary, and in that of a CD-ROM produced by the company Micro-Intel, in 1997, from this dictionary.
4. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=14144 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: "Rivière Clifton"