Clinton River (Arnold River tributary)
The Clinton River ("in French: rivière Clinton") is a tributary of the Arnold River whose current flows northward and successively empties onto the south shore of the Lac des Joncs outlet, the south shore of lake Mégantic, the Chaudière River and the south shore of St. Lawrence River. The Clinton River flows through the municipalities of Notre-Dame-des-Bois, Quebec, Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn and Piopolis, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada. Geography. The Clinton River originates at northeast of the summit of  , near the Canada-United States border, in the municipality of Notre-Dame-des-Bois. From its source, the Clinton River flows over , divided into the following segments: The river flows on the west bank into the Arnold River in a marshy area of about , between Piopolis and Saint-Augustin-de-Woburn; this confluence is located before its confluence with the rivière aux Araignées which flows north-west to empty into lake Mégantic. Toponymy. The toponym rivière Clinton was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.