title: Le Petit Chenail
text: # Le Petit Chenail
  
  Le Petit Chenail (English: The Little Chenail) connects the west bank of the Yamaska River and the south bank of the Rivière Pot au Beurre, thus forming the Île du Domaine (length: 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) in a north–south direction; maximum width: 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi)) in the municipality of Yamaska in the Pierre-De Saurel Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Montérégie, on the South Shore of Saint Lawrence River, in Quebec, Canada.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The main hydrographic slopes near the "Petit Chenail" are:
  
  * North side: Yamaska River, lake Saint-Pierre;
  * East side: Yamaska River;
  * South side: Saint-Louis River;
  * West side: rivière Pot au Beurre.
  
  The Petit Chenail is mainly fed by the Saint-Louis River (coming from the west). Its course borders the western part of the island of the Domaine.
  
  The northern part of the channel crosses 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) a marsh area to the lower part of the Rivière Pot au Beurre.
  
  Le Petit Chenail connects to the Yamaska River at 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) downstream from the Camille-Parenteau Bridge crossed by route 132 and at 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) upstream of the southern tip of Île Saint-Jean.
  
  ## Toponymy
  
  The toponym "Le Petit Chenail" was officially registered on January 21, 1975, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  
  