The rivière des Saults (, "Saults river") is a tributary on the south bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It empties into the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil and Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, in the Drummond Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
Except for the first and near the mouth (village), the course of the river pass mainly in agricultural zone.
Geography
The "rivière des Saults" has its source at the confluence of the north and south branches, in the Eastern part of the territory of the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover. This source is located at north of Domaine-Despins of Saint-Lucien, at east of the village center of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover and at west of the Domaine-Lampron (on the eastern shore on an elbow of Nicolet Southwest River).
From its source (confluence of two brooks), the "rivière des Saults" flows on , with a drop of , according to these segments: toward northwest in agricultural zone of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, crossing the route 255, then curving to the west, passing under the bridge of the railway, crossing the route 122, up to autoroute 20; northwesterly passing about in the western part of municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, then entering in Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, up to its mouth.
The "rivière des Saults" empties on the south bank (in a river elbows) of the Nicolet Southwest River, in the village of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults.
Toponymy The toponym "rivière des Saults" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière des Saults".
See also
List of rivers of Quebec
References