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Saint-Camille River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
MRC | Les Sources Regional County Municipality |
Municipality | Saint-Camille, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Agricultural streams |
• location | Saint-Camille |
• coordinates | 45°41′11″N71°41′21″W / 45.686264°N 71.689205°W |
• elevation | 296 m (971 ft) |
Mouth | Nicolet Southwest River |
• location | Saint-Georges-de-Windsor |
• coordinates | 45°40′15″N71°47′15″W / 45.67083°N 71.7875°W Coordinates: 45°40′15″N71°47′15″W / 45.67083°N 71.7875°W |
• elevation | 218 m (715 ft) |
Length | 9.9 km (6.2 mi) |
Discharge | |
• average | Ni |
Basin features | |
River system | Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (upstream) |
• right | (upstream) |
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 9.9 kilometres (6.2 mi) in the following segments:
The Saint-Camille stream empties on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. Its confluence is located 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) east of the center of the village of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor and 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) 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]
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