Rivière des Saults

River in Centre-du-Québec, Quebec (Canada)

45°54′50″N 72°23′10″W / 45.91383°N 72.38619°W / 45.91383; -72.38619 • elevation100 m (330 ft) MouthNicolet Southwest River

• location

Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults

• coordinates

46°01′37″N 72°29′18″W / 46.02694°N 72.48833°W / 46.02694; -72.48833

• elevation

45 m (148 ft)Length24.1 km (15.0 mi)Basin featuresProgressionNicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River, St. Lawrence RiverTributaries • left(upstream) ruisseau des Généreux, ruisseau Poirier, La Branche Sud. • right(upstream) ruisseau Therrien, ruisseau Saint-Pierre, ruisseau Delage, ruisseau non identifié.

The rivière des Saults (in English: Saults river) is a tributary on the south bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It empties into the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil and Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, in the Drummond Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

Except for the first 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) and near the mouth (village), the course of the river pass mainly in agricultural zone.

Geography

The "rivière des Saults" has its source at the confluence of the north and south branches, in the Eastern part of the territory of the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover. This source is located at 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Domaine-Despins of Saint-Lucien, at 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) east of the village center of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover and at 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) west of the Domaine-Lampron (on the eastern shore on an elbow of Nicolet Southwest River).

From its source (confluence of two brooks), the "rivière des Saults" flows on 24.1 kilometres (15.0 mi), with a drop of 55 metres (180 ft), according to these segments:

11.7 kilometres (7.3 mi) toward northwest in agricultural zone of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, crossing the route 255, then curving to the west, passing under the bridge of the railway, crossing the route 122, up to autoroute 20;
12.4 kilometres (7.7 mi) northwesterly passing about 0.3 kilometres (0.19 mi) in the western part of municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, then entering in Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, up to its mouth.

The "rivière des Saults" empties on the south bank (in a river elbows) of the Nicolet Southwest River, in the village of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults.^[1]

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière des Saults" was formalized 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 31, 2020. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière des Saults".