Godefroy River

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Godefroy River (French: rivière Godefroy) is a small river on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, Canada. It flows entirely in the town of Bécancour, in the Centre-du-Québec region.

The river starts at Lake Saint-Paul, near the east side of the intersection of highways 55 and 30, just south of the Laviolette Bridge. It is about 3.5 kilometers long. The water runs 0.8 km west to Highway 30, crosses the highway, then continues about 2.7 km northwest through Bécancour until it reaches the St. Lawrence River. The mouth sits on the southeast shore of the Saint Lawrence Estuary, about 1.4 kilometers downstream from the Laviolette Bridge.

The source is at an elevation of about 8 meters above sea level and the mouth at about 5 meters. The name Godefroy River was officially adopted on December 5, 1968.