Pat River


The Pat River is a tributary on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It crosses the municipalities of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, Sainte-Séraphine and Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Pat river are:
  • north side: Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River;
  • east side: Nicolet River, rivière des Rosiers;
  • south side: Léon-Gélinas stream, Dubuc stream, Nicolet Southwest River;
  • west side: Nicolet Southwest River.
The Rivière à Pat originates from various streams in the municipality of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, very close to the limit of the municipality of Kingsey Falls.
From its source, Pat's River flows on in the following segments:
  • north-west, in the municipality of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, to the intermunicipal limit of Sainte-Séraphine;
  • north, passing east of the village of Sainte-Séraphine, up to the road to seventh rank;
  • north-west, up to the municipal limit of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton;
  • westward to its confluence, of which in Sainte-Séraphine, in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, in Sainte-Séraphine and in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton.
The Rivière à Pat drains on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. Its confluence is located upstream from Île Lemire and upstream from the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton.

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière à Pat" was formalized on September 5, 1985, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.