The Drolet River (''in French: rivière Drolet'') is a tributary of the west bank of the

Chaudière River The Chaudière River (; French for "Cauldron" or "Boiler"; Western Abenaki, Abenaki: Kik8ntekw) is a river with its source near the Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, Town of Lac-Mégantic, in southeast Quebec, Canada. From its source Lake Mégantic in the ...

which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (, ) is a large international river in the middle latitudes of North America connecting the Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean. Its waters flow in a northeasterly direction from Lake Ontario to the Gulf of St. Lawren ...

. The "Drolet River" flows in the municipality of Lac-Drolet, in the

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 ...

(MRC), in the administrative region of

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, in

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, in Canada.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near the "Drolet river" are: * north side:

Ludgine River The Ludgine River (''in French: rivière Ludgine'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Ludgine River flows through Quebec, Canada, MRC of: * B ...

Petit Portage River Petit is a French-language surname literally meaning "small" or "little". Notable people with the surname include: *Adriana Petit (born 1984), Spanish multidisciplinary artist *Alexis Thérèse Petit (1791–1820), French physicist *Amandine Peti ...

rivière de la Grande Coudée The rivière de la Grande Coudée (''in English: river of the great cub'') is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the municipalities of Sain ...

; * east side:

; * south side:

, Madisson River; * west side:

Drolet Lake The Lake Drolet (''in French: lac Drolet and formerly Saint-Samuel-de-Gayhurst'') is a lake located near the village of Lac-Drolet, in Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in Estrie, in Quebec, Canada. It is the source of the Drolet River, a ...

, Lac du Rat Musqué,

Rivière aux Bluets Sud Rivière, La Rivière, or Les Rivières (French for "river") may refer to: Places Belgium * Rivière, Profondeville, a village Canada * La Rivière, Manitoba, a community * Les Rivières (Quebec City), a borough France * La Rivière, Giron ...

. The Drolet river takes its source at the outlet of

(length: ; altitude: ), in the municipality of Lac-Drolet. This lake is located near the Route des Sommets, this lake has a central island connected to the "Pointe à Bénedict". The resort is developed especially on the southwest shore and the northern part. This lake is located northwest of the village of Lac-Drolet. From the mouth of

, the Drolet river flows over divided into the following segments: * towards the south-west, crossing the village of Lac-Drolet, as far as the road to Le Morne, which it intersects at the south-east exit of the village; * towards the south-west, down to the bottom of a small valley following the route of Le Morne, up to its confluence. The Drolet River empties on the west bank of the

in the municipality of Lac-Drolet in the place called "Puits de Jacob". Its confluence is west of route 204, upstream of the bridge in the village of

Saint-Ludger Saint-Ludger is a municipality in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality in Estrie, Quebec, Canada, on the Canada–United States border. The population is 1,074 as of 2021. The municipality of Saint-Ludger was created in 1998 from the amalg ...

and downstream of the intermunicipal boundary between

Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton is a municipality in Quebec, in the regional county municipality of Le Granit in the administrative region of Estrie. It is named after Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of musicians and Church music Church music i ...

and Lac-Drolet.

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Drolet" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (, ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicizing Québec's place names and their origins according to th ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponyms: "rivière Drolet"

References

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Geography

Toponymy

See also

References