Saint-Camille River | |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Estrie |
Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
Subdivision Name4: | Les Sources Regional County Municipality |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Saint-Camille, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor |
Length: | 9.9km (06.2miles) |
Discharge1 Avg: | Ni |
Source1: | Agricultural streams |
Source1 Location: | Saint-Camille |
Source1 Coordinates: | 45.6863°N -71.6892°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 296m (971feet) |
Mouth: | Nicolet Southwest River |
Mouth Location: | Saint-Georges-de-Windsor |
Mouth Coordinates: | 45.6708°N -71.7875°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 218m (715feet) |
River System: | Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
Country: | Canada |
The brook Saint-Camille (in French: ruisseau Saint-Camille) is a tributary of the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River whose current flows successively into the Nicolet River, the lac Saint-Pierre and the St. Lawrence River. Its course flows through the municipalities of Saint-Camille and Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, in the Les Sources Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main hydrographic slopes near the Saint-Camille stream are:
The Saint-Camille stream feeds on various agricultural and forest streams in an area north-east of the village of Saint-Camille. This head zone is located southeast of rue Miquelon (route 216) and on the northeast side of rue Desrivières.
From its head area, the Saint-Camille stream flows over in the following segments:
The Saint-Camille stream empties on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. Its confluence is located east of the center of the village of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor and upstream of the confluence of the Dion River.[1]
The term "Camille" constitutes a first name of French origin.
The toponym "Ruisseau Saint-Camille" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]