Gosselin River (Nicolet River tributary) explained

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.

Geography

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.

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Gosselin was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

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. December 30, 2020.
  2. http://www.toponymie.gouv.qc.ca/ct/ToposWeb/fiche.aspx?no_seq=25964 Commission de toponymie du Québec - Rivière Gosselin