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Bras d'Henri

Coordinates: 46°33′05″N 71°21′30″W / 46.55139°N 71.35833°W / 46.55139; -71.35833
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Bras d'Henri
Bras d'Henri is located in Quebec
Bras d'Henri
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
Administrative regionChaudière-Appalaches
RCMLa Nouvelle-Beauce Regional County Municipality, Lotbinière Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceAgricultural streams
 • locationSaint-Elzéar
 • coordinates46°24′19″N 71°07′14″W / 46.405235°N 71.120582°W / 46.405235; -71.120582
 • elevation285 metres (935 ft)
MouthBeaurivage River
 • location
Saint-Gilles
 • coordinates
46°33′05″N 71°21′30″W / 46.55139°N 71.35833°W / 46.55139; -71.35833
 • elevation
115 metres (377 ft)
Length32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionBeaurivage River, Chaudière River, St. Lawrence
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) Petit bras d'Henri
 • right(upstream) ruisseau Malbrook, cours d'eau de la Judée

The Bras d'Henri is a tributary of the Beaurivage River which is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River (slope of the south bank of the Saint-Laurent). It flows in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar, Saint-Bernard, Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, in the Saint-Étienne-de-Lauzon sector of the city of Lévis and Saint-Gilles, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

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The main neighboring watersheds of the Bras d'Henri river are:

Le Bras d'Henri has its source in the municipality of Saint-Elzéar at 4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi) west of the village center. This headland is located north of route 216, north of the head of the Savoie River (tributary of the Richelieu River) and 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) southeast of the Chaudière River.

From its source, the Bras d'Henri river flows mainly in agricultural areas over 32.5 kilometres (20.2 mi) divided into the following segments:

Le Bras d'Henri empties on the east bank of the Beaurivage River at 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) (in a direct line) north of the village of Saint-Gilles and south of the hamlet "Pointe-Saint-Gilles".

Toponymy

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The toponym "Bras d'Henri" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Bras d'Henri".