The O'Sullivan River is a tributary of Lake Waswanipi, which is crossed on the North by the Waswanipi River (the James Bay drainage). The O'Sullivan River flows North into the Abitibi Regional County Municipality, and into Eeyou Istchee James Bay (municipality), in the Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
Lake Waswanipi is a lake located in municipality of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipalité), in administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The Waswanipi River is a tributary of Matagami Lake. The Waswanipi River flows in the Municipality of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada.
James Bay is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost part. It borders the provinces of Quebec and Ontario. Islands within the bay are part of the Nunavut territory.
The course of the O'Sullivan River crosses the townships of Charrette, Adhémar, Labrie, Ralleau, Ruette, Benoit, Duplessis and Bossé.
Geography
The surrounding hydrographic slopes of the O'Sullivan River are:
The Wetetnagami River is a tributary of the south shore of Nicobi Lake flowing in Quebec, in Canada, overlapping the administrative areas of:
The Mégiscane River is a tributary of Parent Lake (Abitibi). It flows in the Northwest of Quebec, in Canada, in the administrative regions of:
The Delestres River is a tributary of the northeastern shore of Parent Lake (Abitibi). The Delestres River flows in Senneterre, in the administrative region of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in Quebec, in Canada.
A little unnamed lake (length: 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi)) is the headwater body of the O'Sullivan River. This lake is located southeast of Castonguay Lake, north of Louison Lake, about 75 kilometres (47 mi) northeast of Senneterre (parish), Abitibi-Témiscamingue. This head lake obtains some 15 small lakes upstream and nearby.
Abitibi-Témiscamingue is an administrative region located in western Québec, Canada, along the border with Ontario. It became part of the province in 1898. It has a land area of 57,674.26 km2. The region is divided into five regional county municipalities and 79 municipalities. Its economy continues to be dominated by resource extraction industries. These include logging, mining all along the rich geologic Cadillac Fault between Val-d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda, as well as agriculture.
From the small head lake, the O'Sullivan River flows over:
- 9.6 kilometres (6.0 mi) westerly, then northerly to the south shore of Castonguay Lake, which the current flows northward on 10.7 kilometres (6.6 mi), i.e. on its full length;
- 3.9 kilometres (2.4 mi) northerly to the south shore of Gaillard Lake, where the current crosses over 2.2 kilometres (1.4 mi) to the northeast;
- 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) northerly to Butterfly Lake (length: 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi)) as the current flows northward on 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi);
- 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) northerly to the south bank of the "Lake of the Line" which the current flows northward on 9.4 kilometres (5.8 mi);
- 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) northerly, to the south shore of Novellet Lake, where the current flows 5.3 kilometres (3.3 mi) north; Lake Novellet receives the waters of the Sheilann Lake outlet from the east;
- 26.8 kilometres (16.7 mi) northwesterly to a south discharge;
- 7.7 kilometres (4.8 mi) northerly and westerly to its mouth on the south shore of Puticamica Lake (length: 19.6 kilometres (12.2 mi)) that the current flows westward on 7.1 kilometres (4.4 mi);
- 9.0 kilometres (5.6 mi) northerly to the south shore of Lake Waswanipi that the current flows through on 18.1 kilometres (11.2 mi) then merge to the current of Waswanipi River.
Toponymy
The natives used the name "Pusticamica" to designate this watercourse.
At the request of the Commission de toponymie du Canada, the name "Rivière O'Sullivan" has been attributed to evoke the work of life of Henry O'Sullivan ([[Sainte-Catherine-de-Fossambault] ]], 1845 - Loretteville, 1912). After studying at Laval University in 1869, O'Sullivan worked as a land surveyor, geologist and explorer in the Department of Lands and Forests. O'Sullivan explored much of Labrador, Gaspésie, all of Nord-du-Québec [2] · [3] · [4] .
Labrador is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It comprises the mainland portion of the province, separated from the island of Newfoundland by the Strait of Belle Isle. It is the largest and northernmost geographical region in Atlantic Canada.
Nord-du-Québec is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With nearly 750,000 square kilometres (290,000 sq mi) of land area, and very extensive lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsula and about 55% of the total land surface area of Quebec, while containing a little more than 0.5% of the population.
The toponym O'Sullivan River was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec [5] .
The Commission de toponymie du Québec is the Government of Québec's public body responsible for cataloging, preserving, making official and publicize Québec's place names and their origins according to the province's toponymy rules. It also provides recommendations to the government with regard to toponymic changes.
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