Bécancour River

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Bécancour River (Rivière Bécancour)
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Regions	Chaudière-Appalaches, Centre-du-Québec
Length	210 km (130 mi)
Watershed	2,607 km² (1,007 sq mi)
Discharge at	Saint Lawrence River
- average	62 m³/s (2,190 cu ft/s)
Source	Lac Bécancour
- location	Thetford Mines, Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada
- coordinates	46°04′10″N 71°14′39″W / 46.06944, -71.24417
Mouth
- location	Bécancour, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada
- coordinates	46°22′20″N 72°26′47″W / 46.37222, -72.44639

The Bécancour River is a river in the Canadian province of Quebec.

The Bécancour takes its source from the lake of the same name in the town of Thetford Mines, in the Chaudière-Appalaches region. It flows west into Lake William at Saint-Ferdinand, changes course northwards towards Inverness, turning westward there and continuing to flow west across the Centre-du-Québec region for most of its length. The river takes a turn northwestward at Saint-Wenceslas, finally emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near the heart of the city of Bécancour^[1].

[edit] Major tributaries

• Au Pin River
• Palmer River
• Noire River
• Bourbon River
• Blanche River (Saint-Rosaire)
• Blanche River (Saint-Wenceslas)

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