Bras d'Apic

The Bras d'Apic is a river which flows in the municipalities of Saint-Marcel and Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, in the L'Islet [Regional County Municipality], in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
The "Bras d'Apic" is a tributary of the east bank of Bras Saint-Nicolas which flows to the south-east bank of the rivière du Sud ; the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Geography

The main watersheds neighboring Bras d'Apic are:

north side: Northeast arm, Bras de Riche, Carlos stream;
east side: Bras de Riche, Bras de la rivière Ouelle, Tenturette River, Grand Calder River;
south side: Great Noire River, Buckley River, Rocheuse River, Méchant Pouce River;
west side: Rivière [du Petit Moulin], rivière des Perdrix, Bras Saint-Nicolas.

The arm of Apic has its source at Lake Apic, located in a mountainous area, in the canton of Arago of Saint-Marcel. This lake is located on the northwest side of the watershed with the Tenturette River, the current of which flows south to the hydrographic slope of the Great Black River ; the latter being a tributary of the Saint [John River |Saint John River] which crosses Maine and New Brunswick.
From Apic Lake, the Apic arm flows over, divided into the following segments:

north-west in Saint-Marcel, up to the municipal limit of Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard;
northward, more or less along route 285 and passing through the hamlet Bras-d'Apic, until at the northern limit of the Beaubien township;
northward, up to the confluence of the eastern arm ;
northwesterly in Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, along more or less route 285, to the Chemin du 8th rank;
north-west, to Chemin Lessard Ouest, which it intersects at south-west of the center of the village of Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard;
westward, crossing the "Taupin Falls", to its confluence.

Bras d'Apic empties onto the south bank of the Bras Saint-Nicolas which flows north, then south-west to flow onto the south-east bank of the rivière du Sud . This confluence is located downstream of the Pierre-Noël road bridge, i.e. west of the center of the village of Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard.

Toponymy

The toponym "Bras d'Apic" was made official on December 2, 1975, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.