Bergeron River


The Bergeron river is a tributary on the south shore of Lake Mégantic which flows into the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
The Bergeron river flows in the municipalities of Val-Racine and Piopolis, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The Bergeron River has its source in a mountain area east of Mont Mégantic in the municipality of Val-Racine at approximately west of the boundary of the municipality of Piopolis.
From its source, the Bergeron River flows in a forest zone over divided into the following segments:

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Bergeron" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.