The Bras Saint-Victor (in English: Saint-Victor arm) is a tributary of the west shore of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada, in Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality: municipalities La Guadeloupe and Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce; and Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipalities Saint-Victor, Saint-Jules and Beauceville.[1]

Bras Saint-Victor
River of "Bras Saint-Victor" near its confluence with the river.
Bras Saint-Victor is located in Quebec
Bras Saint-Victor
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCBeauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality, Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceForested streams
 • locationLa Guadeloupe
 • coordinates45°58′29″N 70°54′58″W / 45.974632°N 70.916203°W / 45.974632; -70.916203
 • elevation405 metres (1,329 ft)
MouthChaudière River
 • location
Beauceville
 • coordinates
46°15′54″N 70°49′32″W / 46.265°N 70.82555°W / 46.265; -70.82555
 • elevation
140 metres (460 ft)
Length40.3 kilometres (25.0 mi)
Basin features
River systemSt. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) ruisseau Cliche, ruisseau des Castors, ruisseau Mathieu, ruisseau des Ormes, rivière du Cinq, rivière Prévost-Gilbert, rivière des Hamel, ruisseau Vermette, ruisseau Bernard, ruisseau Vaseux
 • right(upstream) ruisseau Félix, ruisseau de la Pointe, ruisseau Poulin-Latulippe, ruisseau Le Petit Shenley, Décharge du Dix

Toponymy

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The toponym “bras Saint-Victor” was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. ^ /ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=57756 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: "Bras Saint-Victor".