Palmer East River

Palmer East River
Native nameRivière Palmer Est (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCLes Appalaches Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceForest and mountain streams
 • locationSacré-Cœur-de-Jésus
 • coordinates46°14′38″N 71°07′47″W / 46.243797°N 71.129756°W / 46.243797; -71.129756
 • elevation489 m (1,604 ft)
MouthPalmer River
 • location
Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds
 • coordinates
46°17′33″N 71°16′23″W / 46.2925°N 71.27306°W / 46.2925; -71.27306
 • elevation
248 m (814 ft)
Length16.3 km (10.1 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionPalmer River, Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream)
 • right(upstream) ruisseau Saint-Paul
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The Palmer East River (in French: rivière Palmer Est) is a tributary of the Palmer River whose current flows successively into the Bécancour River, then on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Palmer East River flows through the municipalities of Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus, Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, Saint-Sylvestre (MRC de Lotbinière Regional County Municipality) and Saint-Pierre-de-Broughton, in the Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.