Gagné River Explained

Gagné River
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Quebec
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Chaudière-Appalaches
Subdivision Type4:MRC
Subdivision Name4:Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality
Length:6.5km (04miles)
Source1:Forested streams
Source1 Location:Thetford Mines
Source1 Coordinates:46.1586°N -71.3101°W
Source1 Elevation:450m (1,480feet)
Mouth:Osgood River
Mouth Location:Thetford Mines
Mouth Coordinates:46.1917°N -71.3261°W
Mouth Elevation:359m (1,178feet)
Progression:Palmer River, Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries Left:(upstream)
Tributaries Right:(upstream)
Country: Canada

The Gagné River (in French: rivière Gagné) is a tributary of the Osgood River, whose current flows successively into the Palmer River and Bécancour River; the latter being in turn a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River.

The Gagné river flows through the municipalities of Thetford Mines and Kinnear's Mills, in Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main neighboring watersheds of the Gagné River are:

The Gagné river has its source in the heart of the village of Pontbriand, in Thetford Mines.

From its source, the Gagné River flows on towards the northwest until its confluence.[1]

The Gagné river flows at the confluence of the Osgood River with the Prévost brook in the municipality of Kinnear's Mills, in the heart of the hamlet of Plage-Lemieux.[2] Its confluence is located upstream of the municipal border between Kinnear's Mills and Thetford Mines.

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Gagné" was made official on October 6, 1983, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation. 2021-01-01.
  2. Web site: Site officiel de MRC Les Appalaches . 2021-01-02 . 2016-08-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160817081416/http://www.mrcdesappalaches.ca/doc/Reglement%20136.pdf . dead .
  3. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=127282 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "rivière Gagné"