Bécancour River

Rivière Bécancour Lyster at

Catchment area of ​​the Rivière Bécancour

The Rivière Bécancour is a right tributary of the St. Lawrence River in the south of the Canadian province of Quebec.

The 171 km long river drains an area of 2616 km ². It rises in Lac and Bécancour reached after a few kilometers the city Thetford Mines. Until Saint -Ferdinand, it flows westward, then in a northerly direction. In Inverness, he turns again to the west. Shortly after the flow has passed through the eponymous town of Bécancour, it flows into the St. Lawrence River.