Cloutier River
The Cloutier river ("in French: rivière Cloutier") flows in the municipalities of Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Cap-Saint-Ignace, in the Montmagny Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada. The Cloutier river is a tributary of the southwest shore of the Bras Saint-Nicolas, which flows on the southeast shore of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. Geography. The main neighboring watersheds of the Cloutier river are: The Cloutier river "has its source on  the northern slope of the Notre Dame Mountains, in the municipality of Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton. Several branches of mountain and forest streams feed the head of the Cloutier river. From its source, the Cloutier river flows over , with a drop of , divided into the following segments: The Cloutier river flows on the southwest bank of the Bras Saint-Nicolas. This confluence is located upstream of the "Great lock" and downstream of the mouth of the Méchant Pouce River. Toponymy. The toponym Rivière Cloutier was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec. Cloutier River The