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 rivière du Sud (''English: River of the South'') is a tributary of the south shore of the Saint Lawrence River. This watercourse flows in the municipalities of Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Quebec, Notre-Dame-du-Rosaire, Sainte-Euphémie-sur-Rivièr ...

; the latter flows north-east to the south shore of the

St. Lawrence River The St. Lawrence River (french: Fleuve Saint-Laurent, ) is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting ...

, in the administrative region of

Chaudière-Appalaches Chaudière-Appalaches () is an administrative region in Quebec, Canada. It comprises most of what is historically known as the "Beauce" (french: La Beauce; compare with the electoral district of Beauce). It is named for the Chaudière River and ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

, Canada .

Toponymy

The toponym Rivière Gabriel was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the

Commission de toponymie du Québec The Commission de toponymie du Québec (English: ''Toponymy Commission of 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 ...

.Commission de toponymie du Québec - Place name bank - Toponym: Rivière Gabriel

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gabriel, river Rivers of Chaudière-Appalaches Bellechasse Regional County Municipality Montmagny Regional County Municipality

Toponymy

See also

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