The ruisseau Weedon (in English: ''Weedon Stream'') is a small steam which crosses the municipality of
Weedon, in the
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 ...
(MRC), in the administrative region of
Estrie, in
Quebec
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, in Canada.
Geography
The neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Weedon River are:
* north side: Mud stream, Dufresne stream,
rivière au Canard;
* east side: rivière au canard,
Saint-François River
The Saint-François River is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada.
Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes course ...
;
* south side:
Saint-François River
The Saint-François River is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada.
Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes course ...
;
* west side: outlet of Lac d'Argent,
Nicolet River
The Nicolet River (french: Rivière Nicolet) is a river in Quebec, Canada. It is a tributary of the Saint Lawrence River on its southern shore and flows into Lake Saint Pierre. It is named in honor of the pioneer Jean Nicolet.
It has several trib ...
, Royer stream.
The Weedon River has its source at Lac Fer à Cheval (length: ; altitude: ). This lake is located in the northwestern part of the municipality of
Weedon, at southeast of the center of the village of
Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud and west of the intersection of
route 112 in the center of the village of
Weedon.
From "Lac Fer à Cheval", the Weedon river flows over:
* eastward, skirting a mountain to the north (summit at altitude), to the northwest shore of Vaseux lake (altitude: ), which the current crosses on towards the southeast;
* to
route 112;
* towards the south-east, crossing the village of
Weedon, to a street;
* towards the south-east, to its mouth.
The Weedon river joins the
Saint-François River
The Saint-François River is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada.
Its source is Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes course ...
almost at the same place as the
Saumon River.
History
The river was used for a long time to feed the old
mill, located in the park of the Old Mill, which was at the center of the economy of the nascent municipality. The site of the mill is now a tourist attraction.
Toponymy
The term "Weedon" refers to a town in England in
Buckinghamshire
Buckinghamshire (), abbreviated Bucks, is a ceremonial county in South East England that borders Greater London to the south-east, Berkshire to the south, Oxfordshire to the west, Northamptonshire to the north, Bedfordshire to the north-ea ...
. The name of the locality was borrowed from that of the river.
The toponym "ruisseau Weedon" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the
Commission de toponymie du Québec
The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of Québec'') is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according ...
.
Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Rivière Weedon"
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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 3134 ...
References
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Rivers of Estrie
Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality