Danville River Explained

Danville River
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Canada
Subdivision Type2:	Province
Subdivision Name2:	Quebec
Subdivision Type3:	Region
Subdivision Name3:	Estrie
Subdivision Type4:	MRC
Subdivision Name4:	Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
Subdivision Type5:	Municipality
Subdivision Name5:	Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, Saint-Claude, Danville
Length Km:	15.5
Source1:	Lévesque Dam
Source1 Location:	Saint-Georges-de-Windsor
Source1 Coordinates:	45.6795°N -71.9257°W
Source1 Elevation:	265m (869feet)
Mouth:	Landry River
Mouth Location:	Sainte-Perpétue
Mouth Coordinates:	46.1273°N -72.6156°W
Mouth Elevation:	45m (148feet)
Progression:	Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries Left:	(upstream) cours d'eau Mayette, cours d'eau Pinard, ruisseau Lacroix
Tributaries Right:	(upstream) ruisseau Fortier, cours d'eau Jean

The Danville River (in French: rivière Danville) is a tributary of the east bank of the Landry River whose current flows successively into the Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, Lake Saint-Pierre and St. Lawrence River. It crosses the municipalities of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, Saint-Claude and Danville in the Les Sources Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Danville River are:

• north side: Nicolet River;
• east side: Nicolet Southwest River, Watopeka River;
• south side: Steele brook, Willow brook, Saint-François River;
• west side: Landry River.

The Danville river has its source at the Lévesque dam in the municipality of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor. This dam retains a body of water in length forming a loop to the south. This body of water is fed by the Jean stream (coming from the north). This dam is located north of the center of the village of Saint-Claude, to the west from the center of the village of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor and south of the village of Asbestos.

From the Lévesque dam, the Danville River flows over in the following segments:

• towards the north-west, making an incursion on in the municipality of Saint-Claude, until the limit of the municipality of Danville (i.e. the sector of the former municipality of Shipton);
• northwesterly, into Danville, passing south of the town of Val-des-Sources, crossing route 116, to its mouth.

The Danville River empties on the east bank of the Landry River. Its confluence is located at:

• (direct line) south of the intersection of route 116 and route 255 of the village of Danville;
• (or in a direct line) upstream of the confluence of the Landry River.^[1]

Toponymy

The toponym rivière Danville was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.^[2]

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, database and site instrumentation. December 25, 2020.
2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=16946 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Rivière Danville"