Bergeron River
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| Bergeron River | |
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 Bergeron River at the confluence of Lac Mégantic. | |
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| Native name | Rivière Bergeron (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Estrie |
| MRC | Le Granit Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Little mountain stream |
| • location | Val-Racine |
| • coordinates | 45°28′35″N 71°01′23″W / 45.476435°N 71.022988°W |
| • elevation | 577 metres (1,893 ft) |
| Mouth | Lake Mégantic, Chaudière River |
• location | Piopolis |
• coordinates | 45°27′17″N 70°53′07″W / 45.45483°N 70.88528°W |
• elevation | 395 metres (1,296 ft) |
| Length | 12.8 kilometres (8.0 mi) |
| Basin size | 55.5 kilometres (34.49 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
| River system | St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) |
| • right | (upstream) |
The Bergeron river (in French: rivière Bergeron) is a tributary on the south shore of Lake Mégantic which flows into the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
The Bergeron river flows in the municipalities of Val-Racine and Piopolis, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.
Geography
[edit]The Bergeron River has its source in a mountain area east of Mont Mégantic in the municipality of Val-Racine at approximately 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi) west of the boundary of the municipality of Piopolis.
From its source, the Bergeron River flows in a forest zone over 12.8 kilometres (8.0 mi) divided into the following segments:
- 0.5 kilometres (0.31 mi) towards the south-east, up to the limit of the municipality of Piopolis;
- 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) easterly in Marston Township, to the limit of Clinton Township;
- 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi) eastward in Clinton Township, crossing route 263, to its confluence.[1]
Toponymy
[edit]The toponym "rivière Bergeron" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]