# Stoke River

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The **Stoke river** (*in French: rivière Stoke*) is a tributary of the [Saint-François River](/source/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois_River), in the administrative region of [Estrie](/source/Estrie), on the South Shore of the [St. Lawrence River](/source/St._Lawrence_River), in [Quebec](/source/Quebec), Canada. The course of the Stoke River successively crosses the territories of the municipalities of:

- [Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality](/source/Le_Haut-Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois_Regional_County_Municipality): municipality of [Dudswell](/source/Dudswell,_Quebec);
- [Le Val-Saint-François Regional County Municipality](/source/Le_Val-Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois_Regional_County_Municipality): municipalities of [Stoke](/source/Stoke,_Quebec) and [Val-Joli](/source/Val-Joli).

## Geography

The main neighboring hydrographic slopes of the Stoke River are:

- north side: [Watopeka River](/source/Watopeka_River), lac Boissonneault;
- east side: [Watopeka River](/source/Watopeka_River);
- south side: [Saint-François River](/source/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois_River);
- west side: [Saint-François River](/source/Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois_River).

Brabant Lake (elevation: 426 metres (1,398 ft)) constitutes the head lake of the Stoke River. This lake is located in the municipality of [Dudswell](/source/Dudswell,_Quebec), north-west of the village of "Saint-Adolphe-de-Dudswell" and Lac d'Argent in the [Le Haut-Saint-François Regional County Municipality](/source/Le_Haut-Saint-Fran%C3%A7ois_Regional_County_Municipality), as well as east of [Saint-Camille](/source/Saint-Camille,_Quebec) (MRC of [Asbestos](/source/Asbestos_Regional_County_Municipality)).

From Brabant Lake, the Stoke River flows over:

- 0.9 kilometres (0.56 mi) to the south;
- 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi) southwest, to [route 255](/source/Quebec_Route_255);
- 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) southwesterly, up to the municipal boundary between [Dudswell](/source/Dudswell,_Quebec) and [Stoke](/source/Stoke,_Quebec);
- 13.5 kilometres (8.4 mi) southwesterly, along [route 216](/source/Quebec_Route_216) and passing through the hamlet of Duplin, to the bridge located east of village of [Stoke](/source/Stoke,_Quebec);
- 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi) southwesterly, passing northwest of the village of [Stoke](/source/Stoke,_Quebec), to the outlet of [Stoke Lake](/source/Stoke_Lake) (coming from the south);
- 11.7 kilometres (7.3 mi) (or 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) in a direct line) towards the west, comprising several serpentines, and passing between the mountains "Le dos de cheval" and "Mont-Carrier ", and collecting the waters of the Godbout stream (coming from the south-west), up to its confluence with the [Watopeka River](/source/Watopeka_River).[1]

The Stoke River empties on the east bank of the [Watopeka River](/source/Watopeka_River).

## Toponymy

The toponym "Rivière Stoke" was officially registered on December 5, 1968, at the [Commission de toponymie du Québec](/source/Commission_de_toponymie_du_Qu%C3%A9bec).[2]

## See also

- [List of rivers of Quebec](/source/List_of_rivers_of_Quebec)

## References

1. ["Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada – Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation"](https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/fr/index.html). Retrieved December 28, 2020.

1. [Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Stoke River](http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/toposweb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=60841).

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