The Godefroy River (''in French: rivière Godefroy'') is a tributary of the south shore 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 ...
. This
watercourse
A stream is a continuous body of water, body of surface water Current (stream), flowing within the stream bed, bed and bank (geography), banks of a channel (geography), channel. Depending on its location or certain characteristics, a strea ...
flows in the town of
Bécancour, in
Bécancour Regional County Municipality
Bécancour () is a regional county municipality in the Centre-du-Québec region of Quebec, Canada. Its seat is Bécancour.
Subdivisions
There are 12 subdivisions and one native reserve within the RCM:
;Cities & Towns (1)
* Bécancour
;Muni ...
, in the administrative region of
Centre-du-Québec
Centre-du-Québec (, ''Central Quebec'') is a region of Quebec, Canada. The main centres are Drummondville, Victoriaville, and Bécancour. It has a land area of and a 2016 census population of 242,399 inhabitants.
Description
The Centre-du- ...
, in
Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares borders with the provinces of Ontario to the west, Newfoundland and Labrador to the northeast, ...
, in Canada.
Geography
The main neighboring watersheds of the Godefroy river are:
* North side:
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 ...
* East side:
Bécancour River
The Bécancour River () is a river flowing in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada.
Geography
The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalac ...
* South side:
Blanche River
* West side: Arsenault stream
Lake Saint-Paul (length: ; altitude: ) constitutes the source of the Godefroy River. This body of water is located very close (on the east side) of the intersection of highways
55 and
30, or south of the Laviolette bridge spanning the St. Lawrence River.
The Godefroy River flows on westward until
Highway 30, which it crosses, and flows on northwest in the municipality of
Bécancour. This river flows on the southeast shore of the
Estuary of Saint Lawrence
The St. Lawrence River Estuary is an estuary at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. It stretches 655 km from west to east, from the outlet of Lake Saint Pierre to Pointe-des-Monts, where it becomes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada.
...
at downstream from
Laviolette Bridge
The Laviolette Bridge ( French: ''pont Laviolette'') is an arch bridge connecting the city of Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada to Bécancour on the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River via Autoroute 55.
Overview
Laviolette Bridge is the only ...
connecting
Trois-Rivières
Trois-Rivières (, ; ) is a city in the Mauricie administrative region of Quebec, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River, Saint-Maurice and Saint Lawrence River, Saint Lawrence rivers, on the north shore of the Sain ...
and
Bécancour.
Toponymy
The toponym Godefroy River was formalized 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 - Rivière Godefroy
See also
* List of rivers of Quebec
This is a list of rivers of Quebec. Quebec has about:
*One million lakes, of which 62279 have a toponymic designation (a name), plus 218 artificial lakes;
*15228 watercourses with an official toponymic designation, including 12094 streams and 313 ...
References
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Rivers of Centre-du-Québec