Gagnon River

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Gagnon River
Gagnon River
Native nameRivière Gagnon (French)
Location
CountryCanada
Province Quebec
Region Centre-du-Québec
MRC Bécancour Regional County Municipality
Physical characteristics
SourceConfluence of the "East Arm of the Gagnon River" and the "West Arm of the Gagnon River"
 • location Bécancour
 • coordinates 46°18′55″N72°24′48″W / 46.31527°N 72.41341°W / 46.31527; -72.41341
 • elevation30 m (98 ft)
Mouth Bécancour River
 • location
 Bécancour
 • coordinates
 46°19′29″N72°27′02″W / 46.32472°N 72.45055°W / 46.32472; -72.45055
 • elevation
9 m (30 ft)
Length5.4 km (3.4 mi)
Basin features
Progression Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River
Tributaries 
 • left(upstream) Bras Ouest de la rivière Gagnon
 • right(upstream) Bras Est de la rivière Gagnon

The Gagnon River is a tributary of the Upper Channel which flows into Lake Saint-Paul (which flows into the St. Lawrence River via the Godefroy River). [1]

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The "Gagnon River" flows through the town of Bécancour, in the Bécancour Regional County Municipality, in the administrative region of Centre-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes of the Gagnon River are:

The Gagnon river has its source in an agricultural area of the town of Bécancour, south of the Bécancour River and north of the hamlet of Précieux-Sang. The Gagnon River receives the waters of the "East Arm of the Gagnon River" and the "West Arm of the Gagnon River".

From its source, the Gagnon River flows over 5.4 kilometres (3.4 mi), mainly in agricultural land. On its course, the river crosses the southwestern part of the territory Wolinak. [2]

The Gagnon river empties on the west bank of the "Chenal d'en Haut". Its confluence is located 1.0 kilometre (0.62 mi) east of the Judith river, south of the town of Bécancour and south of the confluence of the Bécancour river.

Toponymy

The toponym "rivière Gagnon" was made official on August 17, 1978, at Commission de toponymie du Québec. [3]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Watershed basin of the Godefroy river" (PDF). grobec.org (in French). Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  2. ↑ "Atlas of Canada from the Department of Natural Resources Canada - Characteristics extracted from the geographic map, database and site instrumentation" . Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  3. ↑ Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place names bank - Toponym: "rivière Gagnon".
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