Pat River

The Pat River () is a tributary on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It crosses the municipalities of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, Sainte-Séraphine and Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Pat river are:

• north side: Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River;
• east side: Nicolet River, rivière des Rosiers;
• south side: Léon-Gélinas stream, Dubuc stream, Nicolet Southwest River;
• west side: Nicolet Southwest River.

The Rivière à Pat originates from various streams in the municipality of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, very close to the limit of the municipality of Kingsey Falls.

From its source, Pat's River flows on in the following segments:

• north-west, in the municipality of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, to the intermunicipal limit of Sainte-Séraphine;
• north, passing east of the village of Sainte-Séraphine, up to the road to seventh rank;
• north-west, up to the municipal limit of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton;
• westward to its confluence, of which in Sainte-Séraphine, in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, in Sainte-Séraphine and in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton.

The Rivière à Pat drains on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. Its confluence is located upstream from Île Lemire and upstream from the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton.

Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière à Pat" was formalized on September 5, 1985, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.

See also

• Lake Saint-Pierre
• List of rivers of Quebec

References