title: Rivière du Moulin (Bras Saint-Michel)
text: # Rivière du Moulin (Bras Saint-Michel)
  
  The rivière du Moulin crosses the municipalities of Saint-Lazare, Saint-Nérée and Saint-Gervais, in the Bellechasse Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.
  
  The Moulin river is a tributary of the south bank of the Bras Saint-Michel, which flows north-east to empty onto the north-west bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The Moulin River has its source in the sixth rang East, at 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) northeast of the center of the village of Saint-Lazare. From its source, the Moulin river flows over 20.3 kilometres (12.6 mi), divided into the following segments:
  
  * 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) east, then north in Saint-Lazare, up to the limit of Saint-Nérée;
  * 4.9 kilometres (3.0 mi) northeasterly, curving northeasterly to the boundary between the municipalities of Saint-Nérée and Saint-Gervais;
  * 4.1 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west to a road;
  * 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) north-west to a road that crosses the Faubourg-du-Moulin;
  * 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) northward to the confluence of the Larochelle stream;
  * 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi) north, up to its confluence.
  
  The Moulin River empties on the south shore of Bras Saint-Michel in the municipality of Saint-Gervais (at the limit of Saint-Charles-Borromée). This confluence is located at 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) north of the center of the village of Saint-Gervais, at 9.1 kilometres (5.7 mi) south of the center from the village of La Durantaye.
  
  ## Toponymy
  
  The toponym Rivière du Moulin was made official on January 21, 1975, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  
  