Gagné River

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Gagné River
Native nameRivière Gagné  (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCLes Appalaches Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceForested streams
 • locationThetford Mines
 • coordinates46°09′31″N 71°18′36″W / 46.158636°N 71.31011°W / 46.158636; -71.31011
 • elevation450 m (1,480 ft)
MouthOsgood River
 • location
Thetford Mines
 • coordinates
46°11′30″N 71°19′34″W / 46.19167°N 71.32611°W / 46.19167; -71.32611Coordinates: 46°11′30″N 71°19′34″W / 46.19167°N 71.32611°W / 46.19167; -71.32611
 • elevation
359 m (1,178 ft)
Length6.5 km (4.0 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionPalmer River, Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream)
 • right(upstream)

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 6.5 kilometres (4.0 mi) 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 0.8 kilometres (0.50 mi) 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[]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation". Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  2. ^ Site officiel de MRC Les Appalaches
  3. ^ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "rivière Gagné".
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