| Petite rivière du Chêne | |
| Pushpin Map: | Quebec |
| 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: | L'Érable Regional County Municipality, Bécancour Regional County Municipality |
| Source1: | Agricultural and forest streams |
| Mouth: | St. Lawrence River |
| Mouth Location: | Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent |
| River System: | St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) ruisseau de la Route de l'Église, ruisseau Tousignant, ruisseau de la Plaine, ruisseau Zéphirin-Mailhot, ruisseau Paradis, ruisseau Saint-Cyr, ruisseau Plourde, cours d'eau Saint-Pierre, ruisseau Soucy. |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) ruisseau L'Espérance, ruisseau du Castor, ruisseau Saint-Charles, ruisseau Saint-Charles-Ouest, ruisseau de la Décharge, rivière aux Ormes, ruisseau des Trembles, Creuse River, ruisseau Morin, ruisseau Geoffroy, ruisseau Patry, Branche Est. |
The Petite rivière du Chêne (in English: Little Oak River) is a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in Quebec, in Canada. This river flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes, Villeroy (MRC de L'Érable Regional County Municipality), Manseau, Fortierville, Parisville and Deschaillons-sur-Saint-Laurent (MRC de Bécancour Regional County Municipality), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Petite rivière du Chêne are:
The Petite rivière du Chêne has its source in a forest zone, south of a marsh area, south of highway 20, at at north of the village of Lourdes, in the municipality of Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes (almost on the edge of Villeroy).
From its head area, the Petite rivière du Chêne flows over with a drop of, divided into the following segments:
Upper course of the river (segment of)
Lower course of the river (segment of)
From the confluence of the Creuse River, the Petite rivière du Chêne flows over:
The Petite rivière du Chêne flows over the flats of the south shore of the Estuary of Saint Lawrence, at the limit of Deschaillons and Leclercville. Its confluence is located at Pointe Des Robert, west of the center of the village of Leclercville, at north-east of the center of the village of Parisville and east of the center of the village of Deschaillons. It is also located at west of the confluence of Rivière du Chêne and east of the confluence of Rivière aux Orignaux.[1]
In the Abenaki language the "little river" is like its "big neighbor" Rivière du Chêne (wachilmezi) like an oak acorn (wachil).
The toponym Petite rivière du Chêne was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]