Eaton River
Confluence of the Eaton river and the St-Francois river in East Angus.
Native nameRivière Eaton (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionEstrie
MRCLe Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
MunicipalitySaint-Isidore-d'Auckland, Newport, Sawyerville, Cookshire-Eaton, East Angus
Physical characteristics
SourceMountain streams near the border
  locationSaint-Isidore-d'Auckland
  coordinates45°14′06″N 71°23′35″W / 45.235075°N 71.393139°W / 45.235075; -71.393139
  elevation550 m (1,800 ft)
MouthSaint-François River
  location
East Angus - Parc des deux Rivières
  coordinates
45°28′20″N 71°39′06″W / 45.472337°N 71.651670°W / 45.472337; -71.651670
  elevation
180 m (590 ft)
Length43.5 km (27.0 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionSaint-François River, Saint Lawrence River
Tributaries 
  left(upstream) ruisseau des Pope, ruisseau Birchton, ruisseau Sawyer, ruisseau Saxland, Clifton River, Première Branche de la rivière Eaton, Deuxième Branche de la rivière Eaton, Cours d'eau Thivierge
  right(upstream) ruisseau Gendreau, ruisseau Gosselin, ruisseau Leclerc, Eaton North River, ruisseau Alder, cours d'eau Roy, ruisseau Chez Pérusse

The Eaton River is a tributary of the Saint-François River which is a sub-tributary of the Saint Lawrence River. The Eaton River successively crosses the municipalities of Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland, Newport, Sawyerville, Cookshire-Eaton and East Angus. These municipalities are located in the Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in the south of Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Eaton River are:

Many streams and different branches of the river originate near the crest of the northern White Mountains and meet on the flanks near the Quebec border and New Hampshire. Its watershed is 642 kilometres (398.92 mi) its drop is 396 metres (1,299 ft).[1]

The small valley at the head of the Eaton River (located in Quebec) is a continuation of the valley of the "West Branch" of the Indian Stream flowing south into New Hampshire to go to discharge into the river Connecticut.

Course to Quebec from the border (segment of 19.9 kilometres (12.4 mi))

From ninth rang of Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland, on the border between Quebec and New Hampshire, the Eaton River flows north according to the following segments:

  • 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi) north-west, up to the confluence of the "first branch of the Eaton river" stream (coming from the south);
  • 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) northwesterly, to the municipal boundary between Newport and Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland;
  • 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) northwesterly, to the Parker road bridge, south of the hamlet of Randboro which is crossed by route 210;
  • 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) westward to the confluence of the Clifton River (coming from the south).

Course of the river downstream of the Clifton River (segment of 11.7 kilometres (7.3 mi))

From the confluence of the Clifton River, the Eaton River flows over:

  • 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) north-west, to the route 210 bridge;
  • 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) north-west, to the bridge located north of the village of Sawyerville;
  • 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) northwesterly, to the confluence of Sawyer Creek (coming from the southwest);
  • 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) north, passing east of the hamlet of Eaton Corner, to the hamlet of Lake's Mill bridge (Flanders Road);
  • 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) north to the confluence of the North Eaton River.

Course downstream of the North Eaton River (segment of 11.9 kilometres (7.4 mi))

From the confluence of the North Eaton River, the Eaton River flows over:

The mouth of the Eaton River empties on the south bank of the Saint-Francois River in a river loop bypassing the town of East Angus.

Toponymy

The toponym "Eaton River" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Hydrogeological study of the Eaton river basin by G Simard" (PDF). www.bape.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
  2. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Features extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  3. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "rivière Eaton"
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