Osgood River
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| Osgood River | |
|---|---|
 Kinnear's Mills Presbyterian Church and its cemeteries, along the river. | |
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| Native name | Rivière Osgood (French) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Quebec |
| Region | Chaudière-Appalaches |
| MRC | Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Gagné River, ruisseau Prévost |
| • location | Kinnear's Mills |
| • coordinates | 46°11′08″N 71°17′06″W / 46.185641°N 71.285035°W |
| • elevation | 553 m (1,814 ft) |
| Mouth | Palmer River |
• location | Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds |
• coordinates | 46°17′52″N 71°22′39″W / 46.29778°N 71.3775°W |
• elevation | 206 m (676 ft) |
| Length | 21.4 km (13.3 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Palmer River, Bécancour River, St. Lawrence River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | (upstream) ruisseau Prévost, Gagné River |
| • right | (upstream) Sunday River |
The Osgood River (French: rivière Osgood) is a tributary of the Palmer River, which is a tributary of the Bécancour River, in Quebec, in Canada; the latter being in turn a tributary of the south shore of the St. Lawrence River. The Osgood River flows through the regional county municipalities of:
- L'Érable Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the region administrative office of Centre-du-Québec: municipalities of Kinnear's Mills, Inverness;
- Les Appalaches Regional County Municipality (MRC), in the administrative region of Chaudière-Appalaches: municipalities of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds.
The main neighboring watersheds of the Osgood River are:
- north side: Palmer River;
- east side: Sunday River, Perry River, Palmer East River;
- south side: Sunday River, Prévost-Gilbert River, Ashberham River, Blanche River (Thetford Mines), Gagné River, Bagot River;
- west side: Bécancour River, Bullard stream.
The Osgood River has its source in the heart of the hamlet of Plage-Lemieux, at Kinnear's Mills, by the confluence of the Gagné River, and the Prévost stream, a few meters from the road bridge of fourth rank.[1]
From its source, the Osgood River flows on 16.4 kilometres (10.2 mi) in the following segments:
- 6.1 kilometres (3.8 mi) northwesterly to the bridge southwest of the village of Kinnear's Mills;
- 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) north, to the route 216 bridge;
- 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) north, to the municipal boundary of Inverness;
- 0.6 kilometres (0.37 mi) north, crossing the eastern part of the territory of Inverness, to the municipal limit of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds;
- 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi) northerly, passing west of the village of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds, to the confluence of the Sunday River;
- 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) north, crossing route 271, up to its confluence.[2]
The Osgood River empties on the south bank of the Palmer River in the Municipality of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds. Its confluence is located 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) upstream of the municipal boundary of Saint-Jacques-de-Leeds.
