title: Rivière des Saults
text: # Rivière des Saults
  
  The rivière des Saults (in English: Saults river) is a tributary on the south bank of the Nicolet Southwest River. It empties into the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil and Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, in the Drummond Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
  
  Except for the first 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) and near the mouth (village), the course of the river pass mainly in agricultural zone.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The "rivière des Saults" has its source at the confluence of the north and south branches, in the Eastern part of the territory of the municipality of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover. This source is located at 2.0 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Domaine-Despins of Saint-Lucien, at 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) east of the village center of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover and at 7.3 kilometres (4.5 mi) west of the Domaine-Lampron (on the eastern shore on an elbow of Nicolet Southwest River).
  
  From its source (confluence of two brooks), the "rivière des Saults" flows on 24.1 kilometres (15.0 mi), with a drop of 55 metres (180 ft), according to these segments:
  
  * 11.7 kilometres (7.3 mi) toward northwest in agricultural zone of Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, crossing the route 255, then curving to the west, passing under the bridge of the railway, crossing the route 122, up to autoroute 20;
  * 12.4 kilometres (7.7 mi) northwesterly passing about 0.3 kilometres (0.19 mi) in the western part of municipality of Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Conseil, then entering in Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults, up to its mouth.
  
  The "rivière des Saults" empties on the south bank (in a river elbows) of the Nicolet Southwest River, in the village of Sainte-Brigitte-des-Saults.
  
  ## Toponymy
  
  The toponym "rivière des Saults" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.
  
  