Goulet River (Bécancour River tributary)
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| Goulet River | |
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| Native name | Rivière Goulet (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Centre-du-Québec |
| MRC | Arthabaska Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Agricultural and forest streams |
| • location | Saint-Rosaire |
| • coordinates | 46°12′39″N 71°59′26″W / 46.210781°N 71.990593°W |
| • elevation | 117 m (384 ft) |
| Mouth | Bécancour River |
• location | Bécancour |
• coordinates | 46°13′37″N 72°04′05″W / 46.22694°N 72.06805°W |
• elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
| Length | 10.1 km (6.3 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) Bras de la rivière Goulet |
| • right | (upstream) |
The Goulet river (in French: rivière Goulet) is a tributary of the Bécancour River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Saint-Rosaire and Saint-Louis-de-Blandford, in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
Geography
[edit]The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Goulet river are:
- north side: Bécancour River, Lacasse stream;
- east side: Desharnais stream;
- south side: Blanche River;
- west side: Bécancour River.
The Goulet River has its source in the 2e rang of Saint-Louis-de-Blandford.
The Goulet river flows on 10.1 kilometres (6.3 mi) according to the following segmentsː
- 4.0 kilometres (2.5 mi) west and north, in Saint-Rosaire, to the limit of Saint-Louis-de-Blandford;
- 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) westward, to route 165;
- 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) west to highway 20;
- 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) west to its mouth.[1]
The Goulet River empties on the southeast bank of the Bécancour River east of the village of Daveluyville.
Toponymy
[edit]The toponym "rivière Goulet" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]