Gabriel River
Gabriel River is located in Quebec
Gabriel River
Native nameRivière Gabriel (French)
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceQuebec
RegionChaudière-Appalaches
MRCBellechasse Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceMountain stream
  locationSaint-Paul-de-Montminy
  coordinates46°41′01″N 70°18′56″W / 46.683549°N 70.315484°W / 46.683549; -70.315484
  elevation540 metres (1,770 ft)
MouthRivière du Sud (Montmagny)
  location
Saint-Philémon
  coordinates
46°41′48″N 70°25′59″W / 46.69667°N 70.43305°W / 46.69667; -70.43305
  elevation
357 metres (1,171 ft)
Length13.2 kilometres (8.2 mi)
Basin features
ProgressionRivière du Pin (rivière du Sud tributary), Rivière du Sud (Montmagny), St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
  left(upstream) Ruisseau à Clément
  right(upstream) Rivière du Nord

The Gabriel River (in French: rivière Gabriel) is a tributary of the east bank of the rivière du Pin which flows northward to the south bank of the rivière du Sud (Montmagny); the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches, Quebec, Canada .[1]

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Gabriel was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.[2]

See also

References

  1. "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada". Retrieved 2021-01-07. Features extracted from the map geographic, database and site instrumentation
  2. Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: Rivière Gabriel.
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