| Le Petit Chenail (The Little Chenail) | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Montérégie |
| Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
| Subdivision Name4: | Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Yamaska, Sainte-Victoire |
| Length: | 27.7km (17.2miles) |
| Source1: | Saint-Louis River |
| Source1 Location: | Yamaska |
| Source1 Elevation: | 5m (16feet) |
| Mouth: | Yamaska River |
| Mouth Location: | Yamaska |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.0261°N -72.9206°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 4m (13feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (upward) |
| Tributaries Right: | (upward) Cours d'eau Cartier, Saint-Louis River |
Le Petit Chenail (English: The Little Chenail) connects the west bank of the Yamaska River and the south bank of the Rivière Pot au Beurre, thus forming the Île du Domaine (length: in a north–south direction; maximum width:) in the municipality of Yamaska in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Montérégie, on the South Shore of Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada.
The main hydrographic slopes near the "Petit Chenail" are:
The Petit Chenail is mainly fed by the Saint-Louis River (coming from the west). Its course borders the western part of the island of the Domaine.
The northern part of the channel crosses a marsh area to the lower part of the Rivière Pot au Beurre.[1]
Le Petit Chenail connects to the Yamaska River at downstream from the Camille-Parenteau Bridge crossed by route 132 and at upstream of the southern tip of Île Saint-Jean.[1]
The toponym "Le Petit Chenail" was officially registered on January 21, 1975, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]