Saint-Zéphirin River Explained

Saint-Zéphirin River
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:	Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality
Subdivision Type5:	Municipality
Subdivision Name5:	Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, La Visitation-de-Yamaska,
Length:	19.6km (12.2miles)
Source1:	Agriculture streams
Source1 Location:	Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults
Source1 Coordinates:	46.025°N -72.6287°W
Source1 Elevation:	49m (161feet)
Mouth:	Nicolet Southwest River
Mouth Location:	La Visitation-de-Yamaska
Mouth Coordinates:	46.1227°N -72.6058°W
Mouth Elevation:	17m (56feet)
Progression:	Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries Left:	(upstream) ruisseau Louis-Proulx, ruisseau Mercure, ruisseau Emmanuel-Lahaie.
Tributaries Right:	(upstream) ruisseau Sainte-Geneviève, cours d'eau Tête-de-Rivière, ruisseau Boisvert-Lemire.

The Saint-Zéphirin River (in French: rivière Saint-Zéphirin) is a tributary on the west bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It crosses the municipalities of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval and La Visitation-de-Yamaska, in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Saint-Zéphirin river are:

• North side: Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, Lake Saint-Pierre, St. Lawrence River;
• east side: Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River;
• south side: rivière des Frères, Landroche River, Colbert River, Saint-François River;
• west side: Lake Saint-Pierre, rivière des Frères, Landroche River, Colbert River.

The Saint-Zéphirin river takes its sources from agricultural streams, between the fifth rang road and the Saint-François River, in the municipality of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults.

From its head area, the Saint-Zéphirin river flows on in the following segments:

• north-west, first along the Chemin du Rang Saint-Pierre in Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval, to the Chemin du Rang Saint-Pierre, which the river crosses at east of the intersection of route de l'Église, in the village of Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval;
• north, up to the small road joining the chemin du rang Sainte-Geneviève and rang Saint-François in the municipality of Saint-Zéphirin-de-Courval;
• north, passing east of the village of La Visitation-de-Yamaska where it intersects rue Principale (route 226) on the northeast side of the village, up to its confluence.

The Saint-Zéphirin river flows on the west bank of the Nicolet Southwest River, at downstream from Provencher Island, downstream from the confluence of the Sévère-René River and at upstream from the confluence of the Nicolet Southwest River with the Nicolet River.^[1]

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Saint-Zéphirin" was made official on December 5, 1968, 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. 12 September 2016 . December 31, 2020.
2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=44064 Commission de toponymie du Québec - List of place names - Toponym: "Rivière Saint-Zéphirin"