Saint-François River

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*Saint-François River (Rivière Saint-François)*
A tree on the banks of the Saint-François River in Drummondville.
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Regions	Estrie, Chaudière-Appalaches, Centre-du-Québec
Major cities	Sherbrooke, Drummondville
Length	218 km (135 mi)
Watershed	10,230 km² (3,950 sq mi)
Discharge at	Lac Saint-Pierre
Discharge elsewhere
- Drummondville	190 m³/s (6,710 cu ft/s)
Source	Lac Saint-François
- location	Lambton, Estrie, Quebec, Canada
- coordinates	45°53′55″N 71°09′28″W / 45.89861, -71.15778
- elevation	289 m (948 ft)
Mouth
- location	Pierreville, Centre-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada
- coordinates	46°07′09″N 72°55′28″W / 46.11917, -72.92444
Major tributaries
- left	Magog River
Map of the Saint-François River watershed

The Saint-François River is a river in the Canadian province of Quebec.

The Saint-François takes its source from Lake Saint-François in Chaudière-Appalaches, southeast of Thetford Mines. It flows southwest towards Sherbrooke, where it changes it course northwest towards Drummondville, and finally emptying into the Saint Lawrence River near Pierreville.

About 15 km upstream of the centre of Drummondville, a meander in the river forms a shape strongly resembling a profile drawing of a duck's head and neck, with an island marking the eye. The peninsula forming the "beak of the duck" is named accordingly, le Bec du Canard, and the road running along it is Rue du Bec-du-Canard.^[1]^[2]^[3]