The rivière au Canard (in English: Duck River) is a watercourse crossing the municipality of Weedon, in the Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.
Geography
The neighboring hydrographic slopes of Lac au Canard are: north side: Canard Lake; east side: Coulombe River; south side: lake Louise, Saint-François River; west side: Dufresne stream, Mud stream, Pinard stream, Nicolet River.
The river has its source in Lac au Canard (length: ; altitude: ) whose mouth is located on the south side. This lake is located southeast of Lake Nicolet, south of the center of the village of Saints-Martyrs-Canadiens and northwest of the center of the village of Saint-Gérard which is amalgamated into the municipality of Weedon.
From Lac au Canard, the Rivière au Canard flows for a distance of in the following segments: towards the south-east, the south-west and the south, collecting the waters of the Dufresne stream (coming from the west), up to the municipal limit between Saint-Joseph-de-Ham-Sud and Weedon; southeasterly, along (on the west side) the limit of the Saint-Gérard sector, up to the confluence of the stream Mud (coming from the west); southeasterly, to route 112, which it crosses at north- east of the village center of Weedon; towards the south-east, to its mouth.
The Canard River flows into Lake Louise, a lake crossed by the Saint-François River, near Weedon.
Toponymy The toponym "Rivière au Canard" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: "Rivière au Canard"
See also
Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality List of rivers of Quebec
References