Henri River

The Henri River (in French: rivière Henri) is a tributary of the east bank of the rivière du Chêne which empties on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Henri River flows through the municipalities of Saint-Gilles, Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, Dosquet, Saint-Janvier-de-Joly, Val-Alain and Leclercville, in the Lotbinière Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography
The main neighboring watersheds of the Henri River are:
 * north side: Aulneuse River, rivière aux Cèdres, rivière aux Frênes, Huron River, Noire River (Huron River tributary), St. Lawrence River;
 * east side: Jean-Houde River, Beaurivage River, Rouge River, Noire River, Saint-Georges River;
 * south side: rivière du Chêne, Armagh River;
 * west side: rivière du Chêne.

The Henri River takes its source on the west side of a marsh area in a forest zone in the southern part of the municipality of Saint-Gilles. This head zone is located on the west side of a marsh zone at the limit of Saint-Gilles and Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage. The head area of the river is located 5.6 km northeast of the village of Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière and 9.2 km at the west of the village of Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage.

The course of the Henri river goes down with a drop of 81 m, on 50.1 km according to the following segments:

Upper course of the Henri River (segment of 23.4 km)

From its source, the Henri River flows over 50.1 km divided into the following segments:
 * 1.6 km north-west, crossing the boundary between Saint-Gilles and Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, until at route 218;
 * 1.2 km west, then north, in Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière, to the same limit of Saint-Gilles;
 * 4.4 km towards the northeast, in Saint-Gilles;
 * 11.1 km westward, up to the limit between Saint-Gilles and Dosquet;
 * 2.8 km northwesterly, up to the confluence of Perron stream;
 * 1.3 km west, to route 271 that it crosses at 0.5 km south of the center of village of Dosquet;
 * 1.0 km west, to route 116 which it crosses at 0.9 km west of center of the village of Dosquet;

Lower part of the Henri River (segment of 26.7 km)

From route 116, the Henri river flows over:
 * 4.9 km westward, up to the limit between Dosquet and Joly;
 * 2.9 km west, up to a road of ranges 1 and 2;
 * 6.4 km west, to a country road, which it crosses at 4.4 km west of the center of the village of Joly;
 * 0.7 km towards the north-west, to the limit between Joly and Val-Alain;
 * 2.5 km northwesterly, to highway 20;
 * 8.1 km (or 3.9 km towards the northeast) winding up to the limit between Val-Alain and Leclercville (sector of "Sainte-Emmélie")
 * 1.2 km (or 0.7 km in a direct line) north, winding up to its confluence.

The Henri river empties on the east bank of the rivière du Chêne in the locality "Les Trois-Fourches".

Toponymy
The toponym Rivière Henri was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.