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 ...

. Gorges may also refer to:

Places

* Gorges, Loire-Atlantique, 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, 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, Anglo-Norman gentry family * Ferdinando Gorges, founder of the Province of Maine * Josh Gorges, an NHL ice hockey player * Thomas Gorges (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