| Gosselin River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Quebec |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Centre-du-Québec |
| Subdivision Type4: | MRC |
| Subdivision Name4: | Nicolet-Yamaska Regional County Municipality |
| Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name5: | Victoriaville (sector Arthabaska), Saint-Norbert |
| Length: | 18.7km (11.6miles) |
| Source1: | Mountains streams |
| Source1 Location: | Victoriaville (sector Arthabaska) |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 46.026°N -71.8131°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 310m (1,020feet) |
| Mouth: | Nicolet River |
| Mouth Location: | Victoriaville (sector Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska) |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.04°N -71.9383°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 131m (430feet) |
| Tributaries Left: | (upstream) Lachance River, ruisseau Houle |
| Tributaries Right: | (upstream) ruisseau Bernard, ruisseau Paris |
| Country: |  Canada |
The Gosselin River (in French: rivière Gosselin) is a tributary of Nicolet River passing through Saint-Norbert-d'Arthabaska, Saint-Christophe d'Arthabaska and Victoriaville, in the regional county municipality (MRC) of Arthabaska Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The Gosselin River sometimes flows in agricultural, forest and urban areas.
The neighboring watersheds of the Gosselin River are:
The Gosselin River takes its source from a small lake located to the east of the Arthabaska sector of the city of Victoriaville and to the east of Mont Saint-Michel.
From its head, the Gosselin river flows on in the following segments:
Note: The course of the Gosselin river completely bypasses Mont Saint-Michel on the north side.[1]
The mouth of the Gosselin River flows onto the north shore of the Nicolet River. Its confluence is located in the south-central part of the city of Victoriaville, on the west side of route 116 and north of avenue Pie-X.
The toponym Rivière Gosselin was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]