Rivière des Hamel | |
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 |
Source1: | Forest streams |
Mouth: | Bras Saint-Victor |
Mouth Location: | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce |
Progression: | Bras Saint-Victor, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
River System: | St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries Left: | (upstream) ruisseau Dubreuil, ruisseau Tardif Bizier |
Tributaries Right: | (upstream) ruisseau Marois |
The rivière des Hamel (in English: Hamel River) is a tributary of the west bank of 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 municipalities of Courcelles-Saint-Évariste, Adstock (Sainte-Method-de-Frontenac sector) and Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Hamel river are:
The Hamel river has its source on the north side of the route du lac aux Grelots, at northeast of lac aux Grelots, in the municipality of Courcelles-Saint-Évariste.
From its source, the Hamel river flows over divided into the following segments:
The Hamel river "flows on the west bank of the Bras Saint-Victor in the municipality of Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce. This last river flows into the Chaudière River in Beauceville. The confluence of the Hamel river is located north of the hamlet "Saint-Éphrem-Station" and at the east of the village center of Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce.
The toponym Rivière des Hamel was made official on May 29, 1980, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]