The Lafont River (in French: rivière Lafont) is a tributary on the northeast shore of the Nicolet Southwest River. It crosses the municipalities of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston and Sainte-Perpétue, in the Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
Geography
The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Lafont River are: north side: Nicolet River; east side: Nicolet River, Quatorzième Rang de Wendover stream; south side: Nicolet Southwest River; west side: Nicolet Southwest River, Louis-Gilbert stream.
The Lafont River takes its source in an agricultural zone near the railway, at the limit of the municipalities of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston and Sainte-Perpétue. This area is located on the southwest shore of the Nicolet River, southwest of the village of Saint-Léonard-d'Aston and east of the village of Sainte-Perpétue.
The Lafont River flows in an agricultural zone on: southward, in Saint-Léonard-d'Aston, to the municipal limit of Sainte-Perpétue; southwesterly in Sainte-Perpétue to its confluence.
The Lafont River empties on the north bank of the Nicolet Southwest River at upstream of the bridge in the village of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults and at downstream of the Mitchell hamlet railway bridge.
Toponymy The term "Lafond" or "Lafont" turns out to be a family name of French origin.
The toponym "Rivière Lafont" was made official on August 17, 1978, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "Rivière Lafont"
See also Lake Saint-Pierre List of rivers of Quebec
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