The Madeleine River (in French: rivière Madeleine) is a tributary on the south shore of the Saint-Camille Brook whose current flows successively into the Nicolet Southwest River, the Nicolet River, Lake Saint-Pierre and St. Lawrence River. Its course flows in the municipalities of Dudswell (MRC Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality and Saint-Camille, in the Les Sources Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.
Geography
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Madeleine River are: north side: Saint-Camille Brook, Dion River; east side: Nicolet Centre River; south side Nicolet Southwest River; west side: Nicolet Southwest River.
The Madeleine River feeds from various agricultural and forest streams in an area south-east of the village of Saint-Camille. This head area is located southeast of the village of Saint-Camille, on the northeast side of rue Desrivières and northwest of chemin du ninth and tenth rank.
From its head area, the Madeleine River flows on in the following segments: southwesterly, in the municipality of Dudswell, to the municipal limit of Saint-Camille; towards the north-west, to the confluence of a stream (coming from the north-east); north-west, crossing rue Desrivières, passing south of the village of Saint-Camille, to rue Miquelon (route 216); towards the north-west, to its mouth.
The Madeleine river empties on the south bank of the Saint-Camille Brook which is a tributary of the Nicolet Southwest River. Its confluence is located upstream of the second and third rang road bridge, which is located at the intermunicipal limit of Wotton and Saint-Camille.
Toponymy The term "Madeleine" constitutes a first name of French origin.
The toponym "Rivière Madeleine" was formalized on March 19, 1979, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière Madeleine".
See also List of rivers of Quebec
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