Shenley River | |
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: | Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality |
Source1: | Agricultural and forest streams |
Mouth: | Chaudière River |
Mouth Location: | Saint-Martin |
Progression: | Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
River System: | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) |
The Shenley River (in French: rivière Shenley) is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River at Saint-Martin which flows northward to empty on the shore south of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley and Saint-Martin, in the Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Shenley River are:
The Shenley River originates from several tributaries that drain the area south of Vaseux Lake, northeast of the village of Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley. Its source is located northeast of the center of the village of Saint-Honoré-de-Shenley north of route 269 and south of the center of the village of Saint-Benoît-Labre.
From its source, the Shenley River flows over divided into the following segments:
The Shenley River empties on the west bank of the Chaudière River at Saint-Martin. Its confluence is upstream from the bridge in the village of Saint-Martin and downstream from the village of Saint-Gédéon-de-Beauce.
The toponym "Shenley River" was formalized on December 5, 1968 at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]