Bourbon River
The Bourbon River (in French: rivière Bourbon) is a tributary of the Bécancour River. It flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax, Plessisville, Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes and Princeville, in the L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Quebec, Quebec, Canada.
| Bourbon River | |
|---|---|
Armand-Vaillancourt footbridge on the Bourbon river in Plessisville | |
| Native name | Rivière Bourbon (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| MRC | L'Érable Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Forest streams |
| • location | Sainte-Sophie-d'Halifax |
| • coordinates | 46.1507901°N 71.666691°W |
| • elevation | 398 m (1,306 ft) |
| Mouth | Bécancour River |
• location | Princeville |
• coordinates | 46.27972°N 71.91972°W |
• elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Length | 37.9 km (23.5 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) cours d'eau Bellevue, ruisseau Vigneault, ruisseau Dubois, ruisseau Pellerin, ruisseau de la Savane, ruisseau Vigneault-Brassard |
| • right | (upstream) ruisseau Gosselin, ruisseau Fournier, cours d'eau Lemieux, Blanche River (Bourbon River tributary), ruisseau Bergeron-Breton, ruisseau Vigneault-Grégoire |
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