Saint-Camille Brook

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Saint-Camille River
Location
CountryCanada
Province Quebec
Region Estrie
MRC Les Sources Regional County Municipality
Municipality Saint-Camille, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor
Physical characteristics
SourceAgricultural streams
  location Saint-Camille
  coordinates 45°41′11″N71°41′21″W / 45.686264°N 71.689205°W / 45.686264; -71.689205
  elevation296 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 / 45.67083; -71.7875 Coordinates: 45°40′15″N71°47′15″W / 45.67083°N 71.7875°W / 45.67083; -71.7875
  elevation
218 m (715 ft)
Length9.9 km (6.2 mi)
Discharge 
  averageNi
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.

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Geography

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]

Toponymy

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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References

  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada" . Retrieved December 30, 2020. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière Saint-Camille".
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