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 | |
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![]() Drolet River downstream from the Rang 5 bridge to the east. | |
Native name | Rivière Drolet (French) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
MRC | Le Granit Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Drolet Lake |
• location | Lac-Drolet |
• coordinates | 45.72857°N 70.858699°W / 45.72857; -70.858699 |
• elevation | 460 metres (1,510 ft) |
Mouth | Chaudière River |
• location | Lac-Drolet |
• coordinates | 45.69194°N 70.78667°W / 45.69194; -70.78667 |
• elevation | 322 metres (1,056 ft) |
Length | 9.8 kilometres (6.1 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Chaudière River, St. Lawrence River |
River system | St. 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.
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:
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.
The toponym "rivière Drolet" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]
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