The Pat River () is a tributary on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It crosses the municipalities of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, Sainte-Séraphine and Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton in the Arthabaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Estrie, in Quebec, in Canada.
Geography
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Pat river are: north side: Nicolet Southwest River, Nicolet River; east side: Nicolet River, rivière des Rosiers; south side: Léon-Gélinas stream, Dubuc stream, Nicolet Southwest River; west side: Nicolet Southwest River.
The Rivière à Pat originates from various streams in the municipality of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, very close to the limit of the municipality of Kingsey Falls.
From its source, Pat's River flows on in the following segments: north-west, in the municipality of Sainte-Élizabeth-de-Warwick, to the intermunicipal limit of Sainte-Séraphine; north, passing east of the village of Sainte-Séraphine, up to the road to seventh rank; north-west, up to the municipal limit of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton; westward to its confluence, of which in Sainte-Séraphine, in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton, in Sainte-Séraphine and in Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton.
The Rivière à Pat drains on the east bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. Its confluence is located upstream from Île Lemire and upstream from the village of Sainte-Clotilde-de-Horton.
Toponymy The toponym "Rivière à Pat" was formalized on September 5, 1985, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière à Pat".
See also Lake Saint-Pierre List of rivers of Quebec
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