Gagné River

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.

Gagné River
Native nameRivière Gagné (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCLes Appalaches Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceForested streams
  locationThetford Mines
  coordinates46.158636°N 71.31011°W / 46.158636; -71.31011
  elevation450 m (1,480 ft)
MouthOsgood River
  location
Thetford Mines
  coordinates
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 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

References

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