Henri River Explained

Henri River
Pushpin Map:	Quebec
Subdivision Type1:	Country
Subdivision Name1:	Canada
Subdivision Type2:	Province
Subdivision Name2:	Quebec
Subdivision Type3:	Region
Subdivision Name3:	Chaudière-Appalaches
Subdivision Type4:	MRC
Subdivision Name4:	Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Source1:	Agricultural and forest streams
Mouth:	Rivière du Chêne
Mouth Location:	Bécancour
River System:	St. Lawrence River
Tributaries Left:	(upstream) ruisseau de l'Ours, calvette à la Vache, ruisseau Côté-Roy, ruisseau Cayer-Paré, ruisseau Desharnais.
Tributaries Right:	(upstream) rivière aux Cèdres, rivière aux Frênes, ruisseau Corbeil, ruisseau Lavigne, ruisseau Breton-Laroche, Jean-Houde River, ruisseau Perron.

The Henri River (in French: rivière Henri) is a tributary of the east bank of the rivière du Chêne which empties on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Henri River flows through the municipalities of Saint-Gilles, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Dosquet, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Val-Alain and Leclercville, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Henri River are:

The Henri River takes its source on the west side of a marsh area in a forest zone in the southern part of the municipality of Saint-Gilles. This head zone is located on the west side of a marsh zone at the limit of Saint-Gilles and Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage. The head area of the river is located northeast of the village of Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière and at the west of the village of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage.

The course of the Henri river goes down with a drop of, on according to the following segments:

Upper course of the Henri River (segment of)

From its source, the Henri River flows over divided into the following segments:

north-west, crossing the boundary between Saint-Gilles and Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, until at route 218;
west, then north, in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, to the same limit of Saint-Gilles;
towards the northeast, in Saint-Gilles;
westward, up to the limit between Saint-Gilles and Dosquet;
northwesterly, up to the confluence of Perron stream;
west, to route 271 that it crosses at south of the center of village of Dosquet;
west, to route 116 which it crosses at west of center of the village of Dosquet;

Lower part of the Henri River (segment of)

From route 116, the Henri river flows over:

westward, up to the limit between Dosquet and Joly;
west, up to a road of ranges 1 and 2;
west, to a country road, which it crosses at west of the center of the village of Joly;
towards the north-west, to the limit between Joly and Val-Alain;
northwesterly, to highway 20;
(or towards the northeast) winding up to the limit between Val-Alain and Leclercville (sector of "Sainte-Emmélie")
(or in a direct line) north, winding up to its confluence.^[1]

The Henri river empties on the east bank of the rivière du Chêne in the locality "Les Trois-Fourches".

The toponym Rivière Henri was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.^[2]