The Drolet River (in French: rivière Drolet) is a tributary of the west bank of the Chaudière River which flows northward to empty onto the south bank of the St. Lawrence River.

Drolet River
Drolet River downstream from the Rang 5 bridge to the east.
Drolet River is located in Quebec
Drolet River
Native nameRivière Drolet (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionEstrie
MRCLe Granit Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceDrolet Lake
 • locationLac-Drolet
 • coordinates45°43′43″N 70°51′31″W / 45.72857°N 70.858699°W / 45.72857; -70.858699
 • elevation460 metres (1,510 ft)
MouthChaudière River
 • location
Lac-Drolet
 • coordinates
45°41′31″N 70°47′12″W / 45.69194°N 70.78667°W / 45.69194; -70.78667
 • elevation
322 metres (1,056 ft)
Length9.8 kilometres (6.1 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionChaudière River, St. Lawrence River
River systemSt. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream)
 • right(upstream)

The "Drolet River" flows in the municipality of Lac-Drolet, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

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The main hydrographic slopes near the "Drolet river" are:

The Drolet river takes its source at the outlet of Drolet Lake (length: 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi); altitude: 457 metres (1,499 ft)), in the municipality of Lac-Drolet. This lake is located near the Route des Sommets, this lake has a central island connected to the "Pointe à Bénedict". The resort is developed especially on the southwest shore and the northern part. This lake is located northwest of the village of Lac-Drolet.

From the mouth of Drolet Lake, the Drolet river flows over 9.8 kilometres (6.1 mi) divided into the following segments:

  • 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) towards the south-west, crossing the village of Lac-Drolet, as far as the road to Le Morne, which it intersects at the south-east exit of the village;
  • 7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) towards the south-west, down to the bottom of a small valley following the route of Le Morne, up to its confluence.[1]

The Drolet River empties on the west bank of the Chaudière River in the municipality of Lac-Drolet in the place called "Puits de Jacob". Its confluence is 0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi) west of route 204, upstream of the bridge in the village of Saint-Ludger and downstream of the intermunicipal boundary between Sainte-Cécile-de-Whitton and Lac-Drolet.

Toponymy

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The toponym "rivière Drolet" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, the database and the site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-05.
  2. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponyms: "rivière Drolet".