Bras Saint-Victor

Bras Saint-Victor
Bras Saint-Victor
	River of "Bras Saint-Victor" near its confluence with the river.
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Chaudière-Appalaches
MRC	Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality, Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
Source	Forested streams
• location	La Guadeloupe
• coordinates	45°58′29″N 70°54′58″W / 45.974632°N 70.916203°W
• elevation	405 metres (1,329 ft)
Mouth	Chaudière River
• location	Beauceville
• coordinates	46°15′54″N 70°49′32″W / 46.265°N 70.82555°W
• elevation	140 metres (460 ft)
Length	40.3 kilometres (25.0 mi)
Basin features
River system	St. Lawrence River
Tributaries
• left	(upstream) ruisseau Cliche, ruisseau des Castors, ruisseau Mathieu, ruisseau des Ormes, rivière du Cinq, rivière Prévost-Gilbert, rivière des Hamel, ruisseau Vermette, ruisseau Bernard, ruisseau Vaseux
• right	(upstream) ruisseau Félix, ruisseau de la Pointe, ruisseau Poulin-Latulippe, ruisseau Le Petit Shenley, Décharge du Dix

The Bras Saint-Victor (in English: Saint-Victor arm) is a tributary of the west shore of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada, in Beauce-Sartigan Regional County Municipality: municipalities La Guadeloupe and Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce; and Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipalities Saint-Victor, Saint-Jules and Beauceville.^[1]

Toponymy[edit]

The toponym “bras Saint-Victor” was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.^[2]