Bras d'Apic
The Bras d'Apic ("in English: Apic Arm") is a river which flows in the municipalities of Saint-Marcel and Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard, in the L'Islet Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. The "Bras d'Apic" is a tributary of the east bank of Bras Saint-Nicolas which flows to the south-east bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Geography. The main watersheds neighboring Bras d'Apic are: The arm of Apic has its source at Lake  Apic (length: ; altitude: ), located in a mountainous area, in the canton of Arago of Saint-Marcel. This lake is located on the northwest side of the watershed with the Tenturette River, the current of which flows south to the hydrographic slope of the Great Black River (or Big Black River, in Maine (States-United)); the latter being a tributary of the Saint John River which crosses Maine and New Brunswick. From Apic Lake, the Apic arm flows over , divided into the following segments: Bras d'Apic empties onto the south bank of the Bras Saint-Nicolas which flows north, then south -west to flow onto the south-east bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny). This confluence is located downstream of the Pierre-Noël road bridge, i.e. west of the center of the village of Saint-Cyrille-de-Lessard. Toponymy. The toponym "Bras d'Apic" was made official on December 2, 1975, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.