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

canyon A canyon (; archaic British English spelling: ''cañon''), gorge or chasm, is a deep cleft between escarpments or cliffs resulting from weathering and the erosive activity of a river over geologic time scales. Rivers have a natural tendency t ...

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Places

Gorges, Loire-Atlantique Gorges (; Gallo: ''Gorj'', ) 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 foll ...

, 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 445 communes of t ...

, 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 régi ...

, Isère, France *

Three Gorges The Three Gorges () are three adjacent and sequential gorges along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River path, in the hinterland of the People's Republic of China. With a subtropical monsoon climate, they are known for their scenery. The T ...

, a region in China *

Fort Gorges Fort Gorges is a former United States military fort built on Hog Island Ledge in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. Built from 1858 to 1865, no battles were fought there and no troops were stationed there. Advancing military technology, includin ...

, a fort in Maine

People

Gorges family The Gorges family was a gentry family established in the southwest of England. Early history Believed to have come from Gorges in Normandy, the first documented member was Sir Ralph Gorges (died 1272) who held the manor of Wraxall in Somerse ...

, Anglo-Norman gentry family *

Ferdinando Gorges Sir Ferdinando Gorges ( – 24 May 1647) was a naval and military commander and governor of the important port of Plymouth in England. He was involved in Essex's Rebellion against the Queen, but escaped punishment by testifying against the ma ...

, founder of the Province of Maine *

Josh Gorges Joshua Daniel Gorges (born August 14, 1984) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey Defenseman (ice hockey), defenseman. He is of Germans, German ancestry; his grandparents emigrated from Germany to Canada. Gorges played in the Na ...

, 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 ...

(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