Length 218 km Bridges Pont De La Traverse | - elevation 289 m (948 ft) Province Québec | |
Sources Lambton, Quebec, Lake Saint François | ||
The Saint-François River is a river in the Canadian province of Quebec.
Map of Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois River, Qu%C3%A9bec, Canada
The Saint-François takes its source from Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes it course northwest towards Drummondville, and finally empties into the Saint Lawrence River near Pierreville.
About 15 kilometres (9 mi) upstream of the centre of Drummondville, a meander in the river forms a shape strongly resembling a profile drawing of a duck's head and neck, with an island marking the eye. The peninsula forming the "beak of the duck" is named accordingly, le Bec du Canard, and the road running along it is Rue du Bec-du-Canard.
References
Saint-François River Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA