Prévost-Gilbert River Explained

Prévost-Gilbert River
Name Other:	Old name: Ruisseau Tring
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:	Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality, Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality
Source1:	Unidentified lake
Mouth:	Bras Saint-Victor
Mouth Location:	Saint-Victor
Progression:	Bras Saint-Victor, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River
River System:	St. Lawrence River
Tributaries Left:	(upstream) ruisseau Provost, cours d'eau Lessard, cours d'eau Gagnon, ruisseau Gamache.
Tributaries Right:	(upstream) rivière Fortin-Dupuis, rivière Noire, cours d'eau Thivierge, branche Thivierge, ruisseau Lachance.

The Prévost-Gilbert river (in French: rivière Prévost-Gilbert) is a tributary of the west bank of the Bras Saint-Victor which flows into the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada, in MRC of:

• Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality

municipalities Thetford Mines (Robertsonville sector), Adstock (Sacré-Cœur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud sector), Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce;

• Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality

municipality of Saint-Victor.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Prévost-Gilbert River are:

• north side: Nadeau River, Palmer River, Whetstone River, Perry River;
• east side: Chaudière River, Bras Saint-Victor, rivière du Cinq, Noire River;
• south side: Bras Saint-Victor, Fortin-Dupuis River, rivière des Hamel;
• west side: Gagné River, Bécancour River.

The Prévost-Gilbert River takes its source at the outlet of a small lake located northeast of the village of Pontbriand (town of Thetford Mines, on the southern slope of Montagne du Trois, northwest of the village of Robertsonville and northeast of route 269.

From its source, the Prévost-Gilbert River flows over divided into the following segments:

• southeasterly, in the Pontbriand sector of the city of Thetford Mines, to the limit between the Pontbriand and Robertsonville sectors;
• eastward, to route 112;
• eastward, up to the limit between the sectors of Robertsonville and Sacré-Cœur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud;
• east, to a country road;
• eastward, up to the municipal limit of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus;
• towards the south-east, crossing a country road, to the limit of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce;
• south-east, up to route 271 which it intersects at to the north-west from the center of the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce;
• eastward, crossing the Ponterlegil dam, up to a road that leads to the municipality of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce and Saint-Victor;
• east, to a country road bridge;
• eastward, up to its confluence.^[1]

The Prévost-Gilbert River flows onto the west bank of the Bras Saint-Victor in the municipality of Saint-Victor. This last river flows into the Chaudière river in Beauceville. The confluence of the Prévost-Gilbert River is located west of the center of the village of Saint-Victor and north of the route 108.^[1]

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Prévost-Gilbert was formalized on October 6, 1983, 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. 2021-01-01.
2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=127346 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Prévost-Gilbert