Saint-Camille Brook

River in Estrie, Quebec, Canada

45°41′11″N 71°41′21″W / 45.686264°N 71.689205°W / 45.686264; -71.689205 • elevation296 m (971 ft) MouthNicolet Southwest River

• location

Saint-Georges-de-Windsor

• coordinates

45°40′15″N 71°47′15″W / 45.67083°N 71.7875°W / 45.67083; -71.7875

• elevation

218 m (715 ft)Length9.9 km (6.2 mi)Discharge • averageNi Basin featuresRiver systemNicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence RiverTributaries • left(upstream) • right(upstream)

The brook Saint-Camille (in French: ruisseau Saint-Camille) is a tributary of the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River whose current flows successively into the Nicolet River, the lac Saint-Pierre and the St. Lawrence River. Its course flows through the municipalities of Saint-Camille and Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, in the Les Sources Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near the Saint-Camille stream are:

north side: Dion River;
east side: Nicolet Centre River;
south side Nicolet Southwest River;
west side: Nicolet Southwest River.

The Saint-Camille stream feeds on various agricultural and forest streams in an area north-east of the village of Saint-Camille. This head zone is located southeast of rue Miquelon (route 216) and on the northeast side of rue Desrivières.

From its head area, the Saint-Camille stream flows over 9.9 kilometres (6.2 mi) in the following segments:

2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) westward, in the municipality of Saint-Camille, to rue Miquelon (route 216);
1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) west, to rue Desrivières;
3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) westward, up to the municipal limit of Wotton;
1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) westward, in the municipality of Wotton, to the municipal limit of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor;
1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) westward, in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, to its mouth.

The Saint-Camille stream empties on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. Its confluence is located 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) east of the center of the village of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor and 3.1 kilometres (1.9 mi) upstream of the confluence of the Dion River.^[1]

Toponymy

The term "Camille" constitutes a first name of French origin.

The toponym "Ruisseau Saint-Camille" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.^[2]

References

^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada". Retrieved December 30, 2020. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière Saint-Camille".