Gorges, the plural of the French word for "throat", usually refers to a

canyon A canyon (from ; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), or gorge, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosion, erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tenden ...

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Places

Gorges, Loire-Atlantique Gorges (; br, Gored) is a commune in the Loire-Atlantique department in western France. Population International relations Gorges is twinned with Alatri in Italy. See also *Communes of the Loire-Atlantique department The following is ...

, France *

Gorges, Manche Gorges () is a commune in the Manche department in north-western France. See also * The Anglo-Norman Gorges family has its origins in Gorges, Manche. * Communes of the Manche department The following is a list of the 446 Communes of France, ...

, France *

Gorges, Somme Gorges () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Gorges is situated on the D933 road, some east of Abbeville. Population World War II After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in 1944, ...

, France *

Cognin-les-Gorges Cognin-les-Gorges () is a commune in the Isère department in southeastern France. Population See also *Communes of the Isère department *Parc naturel régional du Vercors The Vercors Regional Natural Park (French: ''Parc naturel régiona ...

, Isère, France * Three Gorges, a region in China *

Fort Gorges Fort Gorges is a former United States military fort built on Hog Island Ledge in Casco Bay, Maine. Built from 1858 to 1864, no battles were fought there and no troops were stationed there. Advancing military technology, including iron clad ship ...

, a fort in Maine

People

Gorges family The Gorges family was an Anglo-Normans, Anglo-Norman family with lands in the southwest of England. They obtained the manors of Wraxall, Somerset, Wraxall, Somerset and Bradpole in Dorset. Holdings of the family The family of Gorges derived its ...

, Anglo-Norman gentry family * Ferdinando Gorges, founder of the Province of Maine *

Josh Gorges Joshua Daniel Gorges (born August 14, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman. He is of German ancestry; his grandparents immigrated from Germany to Canada. Gorges played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the San Jose ...

, an NHL ice hockey player *

Thomas Gorges Sir Thomas Gorges (1536 – 30 March 1610) of Longford Castle in Wiltshire, was a courtier and Groom of the Chamber to Queen Elizabeth I. Via his great-grandmother Lady Anne Howard, a daughter of John Howard, 1st Duke of Norfolk, he was a s ...

(1536 – 30 March 1610), courtier to Queen Elizabeth I *

Thomas Gorges (Maine governor) Thomas Gorges (1618 – 17 October 1670) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1654 and 1660. He was a colonial governor of the Province of Maine from 1640 to 1643 and served as an officer in the Parliament ...

, deputy governor of colonial 17th century Maine