North Pike River | |
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Native name | Rivière aux Brochets Nord (French) |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Estrie |
Regional County Municipality | Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Marsh area located west of Lac Selby |
• location | Dunham |
• coordinates | 45°05′57″N 72°50′17″W / 45.099089°N 72.83801°W |
• elevation | 145 m (476 ft) |
Mouth | Pike River (Missisquoi Bay tributary) |
• location | Stanbridge East |
• coordinates | 45°07′42″N 72°55′25″W / 45.12833°N 72.92361°W |
Length | 18.3 km (11.4 mi) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Pike River (Missisquoi Bay tributary), Missisquoi Bay, Lake Champlain, Richelieu River, St. Lawrence River |
Tributaries | |
• left | (Upstream) Letellier-Plante stream, Aza-Breault stream, Craig-Breault branch. |
• right | (Upstream) Dextraze brook, Demers brook, Béranger junction, Noiseaux brook. |
The Rivière aux Brochets Nord (English: North Pike River) is a tributary of the Pike River (French: Rivière aux Brochets). This watercourse crosses the territory of the municipalities of Dunham and Stanbridge East in the Brome-Missisquoi Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Montérégie, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.
The river surface is generally frozen from mid-December to the end of March. Safe traffic on the ice is generally from late December to early March. The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation.