Saint-François River

Geobox River
name = Saint-François River
native_name = Rivière Saint-François
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image_caption = A tree on the banks of the
Saint-François River in Drummondville.
country = flagicon|Canada Canada
country1 =
state_type = Province
state = flagicon|Quebec Quebec
state1 =
region = Estrie
region1 =
Chaudière-Appalaches
region2 = Centre-du-Québec
district =
district1 =
city = Sherbrooke
city1 = Drummondville
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length = 218
watershed = 10230
discharge_location = Lac Saint-Pierre
discharge_average =
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discharge1_location = Drummondville
discharge1_average = 190
source_name = Lac Saint-François
source_location = Lambton
source_district =
source_region =
Estrie
source_state =
Quebec
source_country = Canada
source_lat_d = 45
source_lat_m = 53
source_lat_s = 55
source_lat_NS = N
source_long_d = 71
source_long_m = 09
source_long_s = 28
source_long_EW = W
source_elevation = 289
source_length =
mouth_name =
mouth_location = Pierreville
mouth_district =
mouth_region =
Centre-du-Québec
mouth_state =
Quebec
mouth_country = Canada
mouth_lat_d = 46
mouth_lat_m = 07
mouth_lat_s = 09
mouth_lat_NS = N
mouth_long_d = 72
mouth_long_m = 55
mouth_long_s = 28
mouth_long_EW = W
mouth_elevation =
tributary_left = Magog River
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map_caption = Map of the Saint-François River watershed

The Saint-François River is a river in the Canadian province of Quebec.

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 emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near Pierreville.

About 15 km 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 theroad running along it is "Rue du Bec-du-Canard". [ [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=45.833225,-72.265663&z=13&t=k Google Maps image URL] —requires JavaScript enabled] [ [http://www.centre-du-quebec.qc.ca/client/pagesoussection.asp?clef2=10 Page with oblique aerial photo] ] [Saint-Nicéphore in the French Wikipedia]

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