The Chesham River is a tributary of the rivière au Saumon, in the administrative region of

Estrie Estrie () is an List of Quebec regions, administrative region of Quebec that comprises the Eastern Townships. ''Estrie'', a French neologism, was coined as a derivative of ''est'', "east". Originally settled by anglophones, today it is about 90 pe ...

, in the

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, in

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. This river flows successively in the municipalities of: *MRC

Le Granit Regional County Municipality Le Granit (, ) is a regional county municipality in the Estrie region of eastern Quebec, Canada. Located directly south of Quebec City, it borders the region of Chaudière-Appalaches, as well as the US states of New Hampshire New Hampshi ...

: in the township of Chesham in municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Bois; *MRC

Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality Le Haut-Saint-François (; ''The Upper Saint-François t. Francis'' is a regional county municipality in southeastern Quebec, Canada in the Estrie region. Its seat is in Cookshire-Eaton, and it is named for the Saint-François River which runs ...

: in the township of Ditton La Patrie. Forestry is the main economic activity in this. valley The surface of the Chesham River is usually frozen from mid-December to mid-March, except the rapids areas; however, safe circulation on the ice is generally from late December to early March.

Geography

The hydrographic slopes near the "Chesham River" are: * north side:

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Rouge River (rivière au Saumon) The Rivière Rouge is a tributary of the rivière au Saumon. This river flows in the municipalities of Milan (MRC Le Granit Regional County Municipality) and Lingwick (MRC) Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality), in the administra ...

; * east side: Victoria River,

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, Bergeron River; * south side: rivière au Saumon, West Branch Magalloway (United States); * west side: rivière au Saumon. The Chesham River originates at the confluence of two mountain streams located on the southern flank of a mountain which is located between

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(located on the west side) and Sommet Valence (located on the east side). From its source, the Chesham River flows on on the south side of

Mont-Mégantic National Park Mont-Mégantic National Park ''(Parc national du Mont-Mégantic)'' is a provincial park in Quebec, Canada. It is located near the municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Bois in the Estrie region. The park was created in 1994 and is adjacent to the ...

, divided into the following segments: * westwards, up to its confluence with a stream (coming from the northeast); * southwards, up to the confluence with the Fromagerie stream (coming from the north-west); * south-west, up to the confluence (located at north-west of the road intersection in the heart of the village of Notre-Dame-des-Bois) with the Pont Rouge stream; * to the southwest, crossing route 212, to the confluence of Deloge stream; * south-west, to its mouth. The Chesman River flows on the northeast bank of the rivière au Saumon. Its mouth is located upstream of the mouth of the Ditton River, south of the summit of Black Mountain and south of the summit of Mont Notre-Dame.

Toponymy

The term "Chesham" refers to a town in the Chilterns, in

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, in

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. The toponym "Chesham River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the

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.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of Place Names - Toponym: "Rivière Chesham"
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Notes and references

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