Bergeron River

The Bergeron river (in French: rivière Bergeron) is a tributary on the south shore of Lake Mégantic which flows into the Chaudière River; the latter flows northward to empty on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

The Bergeron river flows in the municipalities of Val-Racine and Piopolis, in the Le Granit Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography
The Bergeron River has its source in a mountain area east of Mont Mégantic in the municipality of Val-Racine at approximately 0.4 km west of the boundary of the municipality of Piopolis.

From its source, the Bergeron River flows in a forest zone over 12.8 km divided into the following segments:
 * 0.5 km towards the south-east, up to the limit of the municipality of Piopolis;
 * 9.6 km easterly in Marston Township, to the limit of Clinton Township;
 * 2.7 km eastward in Clinton Township, crossing route 263, to its confluence.

Toponymy
The toponym "rivière Bergeron" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.