# Eaton River > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eaton_River > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Eaton_River.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_River > Source revision: 1258251426 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) The **Eaton River** is a tributary of the [Saint-François River](/source/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois_River) which is a sub-tributary of the [Saint Lawrence River](/source/Saint_Lawrence_River). The Eaton River successively crosses the municipalities of [Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland](/source/Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland), [Newport](/source/Newport,_Quebec), [Sawyerville](/source/Sawyerville,_Quebec), [Cookshire-Eaton](/source/Cookshire-Eaton) and [East Angus](/source/East_Angus,_Quebec). These municipalities are located in the [Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality](/source/Le_Haut-Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois_Regional_County_Municipality) (MRC), in the administrative region of [Estrie](/source/Estrie), in the south of [Quebec](/source/Quebec), in Canada. ## Geography The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Eaton River are: - North side: [Saint-François River](/source/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois_River); - East side: [North Eaton River](/source/North_Eaton_River); - South side: [rivière aux Saumons (Massawippi River tributary)](/source/Rivi%C3%A8re_aux_Saumons_(Massawippi_River_tributary)); - West side: [Massawippi River](/source/Massawippi_River), [rivière aux Saumons (Massawippi River tributary)](/source/Rivi%C3%A8re_aux_Saumons_(Massawippi_River_tributary)), brook Stacey. Many streams and different branches of the river originate near the crest of the northern [White Mountains](/source/White_Mountains_(New_Hampshire)) and meet on the flanks near the Quebec border and [New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampshire). Its watershed is 642 kilometres (398.92 mi) its drop is 396 metres (1,299 ft).[1] The small valley at the head of the Eaton River (located in Quebec) is a continuation of the valley of the "West Branch" of the Indian Stream flowing south into [New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampshire) to go to discharge into the river [Connecticut](/source/Connecticut_River). **Course to [Quebec](/source/Quebec) from the border** (segment of 19.9 kilometres (12.4 mi)) From ninth rang of [Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland](/source/Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland), on the border between [Quebec](/source/Quebec) and [New Hampshire](/source/New_Hampshire), the Eaton River flows north according to the following segments: - 7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi) north-west, up to the confluence of the "first branch of the Eaton river" stream (coming from the south); - 3.6 kilometres (2.2 mi) northwesterly, to the municipal boundary between [Newport](/source/Newport,_Quebec) and [Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland](/source/Saint-Isidore-d'Auckland); - 6.3 kilometres (3.9 mi) northwesterly, to the Parker road bridge, south of the hamlet of Randboro which is crossed by [route 210](/source/Quebec_Route_210); - 2.1 kilometres (1.3 mi) westward to the confluence of the [Clifton River](/source/Clifton_River) (coming from the south). **Course of the river downstream of the Clifton River** (segment of 11.7 kilometres (7.3 mi)) From the confluence of the [Clifton River](/source/Clifton_River), the Eaton River flows over: - 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) north-west, to the [route 210](/source/Quebec_Route_210) bridge; - 1.9 kilometres (1.2 mi) north-west, to the bridge located north of the village of [Sawyerville](/source/Sawyerville,_Quebec); - 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) northwesterly, to the confluence of Sawyer Creek (coming from the southwest); - 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) north, passing east of the hamlet of [Eaton Corner](/source/Eaton_Corner), to the hamlet of Lake's Mill bridge (Flanders Road); - 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) north to the confluence of the [North Eaton River](/source/North_Eaton_River). **Course downstream of the North Eaton River** (segment of 11.9 kilometres (7.4 mi)) From the confluence of the [North Eaton River](/source/North_Eaton_River), the Eaton River flows over: - 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) northwesterly, to the [route 212](/source/Quebec_Route_212) bridge; - 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) northwesterly, crossing the village of [Cookshire](/source/Cookshire-Eaton) to the [route 108](/source/Quebec_Route_108) bridge; - 8.2 kilometres (5.1 mi) north, crossing Lambert Pond, as well as the municipalities of [Cookshire-Eaton](/source/Cookshire-Eaton), [Westbury](/source/Westbury,_Quebec) and [East Angus](/source/East_Angus,_Quebec), up to its mouth.[2] The mouth of the Eaton River empties on the south bank of the [Saint-Francois River](/source/Saint-Francois_River) in a river loop bypassing the town of [East Angus](/source/East_Angus,_Quebec). ## Toponymy The toponym "Eaton River" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the [Commission de toponymie du Québec](/source/Commission_de_toponymie_du_Qu%C3%A9bec).[3] ## See also - [St. Lawrence River](/source/St._Lawrence_River) - [List of rivers of Quebec](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Quebec) ## References 1. ["Hydrogeological study of the Eaton river basin by G Simard"](http://www.bape.gouv.qc.ca/sections/mandats/Gaz_de_schiste/documents/DB14/Eaton/DB14_HG_2Rapport.pdf). *www.bape.gouv.qc.ca*. Retrieved July 10, 2014. 1. ["Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Features extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation"](http://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html). Retrieved January 24, 2016. 1. [Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "rivière Eaton"](http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=20142) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Eaton River](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_River) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eaton_River?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.