Prévost-Gilbert River
The Prévost-Gilbert river is a tributary of the west bank of the Bras Saint-Victor which flows into the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. It flows in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada, in MRC of:
- Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality: municipalities Thetford Mines, Adstock, Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce;
- Robert-Cliche Regional County Municipality: municipality of Saint-Victor.
Geography
The main neighboring watersheds of the Prévost-Gilbert River are:- north side: Nadeau River, Palmer River, Whetstone River, Perry River;
- east side: Chaudière River, Bras Saint-Victor, rivière du Cinq, Noire River;
- south side: Bras Saint-Victor, Fortin-Dupuis River, rivière des Hamel;
- west side: Gagné River, Bécancour River.
From its source, the Prévost-Gilbert River flows over divided into the following segments:
- southeasterly, in the Pontbriand sector of the city of Thetford Mines, to the limit between the Pontbriand and Robertsonville sectors;
- eastward, to route 112;
- eastward, up to the limit between the sectors of Robertsonville and Sacré-Cœur-de-Marie-Partie-Sud;
- east, to a country road;
- eastward, up to the municipal limit of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus;
- towards the south-east, crossing a country road, to the limit of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce;
- south-east, up to route 271 which it intersects at to the north-west from the center of the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce;
- eastward, crossing the Ponterlegil dam, up to a road that leads to the municipality of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Beauce and Saint-Victor;
- east, to a country road bridge;
- eastward, up to its confluence.