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The Newport River is a tributary of the North Eaton River whose current flows successively into the Eaton River, Saint-François River, then the Saint Lawrence River.

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Newport River
Native name	Rivière Newport  (French)
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Estrie
MRC	Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality
Municipality	Newport and Cookshire-Eaton
Physical characteristics
Source	Little unnamed lake
• location	Newport
• coordinates	45.431282°N 71.559919°W / 45.431282; -71.559919
• elevation	316 m (1,037 ft)
Mouth	North Eaton River
• location	Cookshire-Eaton
• coordinates	45.39917°N 71.58083°W / 45.39917; -71.58083
• elevation	208 m (682 ft)
Length	10.8 km (6.7 mi)
Basin features
Progression	Saint-François River, Saint Lawrence River
Tributaries
• left	(upstream)
• right	(upstream)

The Newport River flows through the municipalities of Newport and Cookshire-Eaton in the Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The adjacent hydrographic slopes of the Newport River are:

• north side: Bury brook, Tambs brook, Brookbury brook, Saint-François River, Ditton West brook;
• east side: Sherman stream, Statton stream, rivière aux Saumons;
• south side: North Eaton River;
• west side: Pope stream, Eaton River.

The Newport River originates in the municipality of Bury, south of the village of Bury and north of the locality of Learned Plain.

From its source, the Newport River descends 10.8 kilometres (6.7 mi) south in the following segments:

• 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) southwesterly, to the municipal boundary between Newport and Cookshire-Eaton;
• 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) southwest, to Learned Plain Road;
• 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi) southwest, to route 212;
• 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) towards the south, until its mouth.[1]

The Newport River drains on the north bank of the North Eaton River at 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) downstream of the mouth of the latter and 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) upstream the confluence of the Sherman stream located at the boundary between the municipalities of Newport and Cookshire-Eaton.

Toponymy

The toponym "Newport River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

• St. Lawrence River
• List of rivers of Quebec

References

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