Godefroy River | |
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 |
Subdivision Type5: | City |
Subdivision Name5: | Bécancour |
Length: | 3.5km (02.2miles) |
Source1: | Lake Saint-Paul |
Source1 Location: | Bécancour |
Source1 Coordinates: | 46.2936°N -72.5083°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 8m (26feet) |
Mouth: | St. Lawrence River |
Mouth Location: | Bécancour |
Mouth Coordinates: | 46.3122°N -72.5389°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 5m (16feet) |
River System: | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
Country: | Canada |
The Godefroy River (in French: rivière Godefroy) is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the town of Bécancour, in Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Godefroy river are:
Lake Saint-Paul (length: ; altitude:) constitutes the source of the Godefroy River. This body of water is located very close (on the east side) of the intersection of highways 55 and 30, or south of the Laviolette bridge spanning the St. Lawrence River.[1]
The Godefroy River flows on westward until Highway 30, which it crosses, and flows on northwest in the municipality of Bécancour. This river flows on the southeast shore of the Estuary of Saint Lawrence at downstream from Laviolette Bridge connecting Trois-Rivières and Bécancour.[2]
The toponym Godefroy River was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]