Godbout River
watercourse in Quebec, Canada
The Godbout River (French: Rivière Godbout) is a river in the Côte-Nord region of Quebec, Canada, that flows into the Estuary of Saint Lawrence beside the village of Godbout.
Location
The Godbout River is in Godbout, Manicouagan Regional County Municipality.
It is 112 kilometres (70 mi) long.
The river forms in Lac de la Traverse, which in turn is fed by the small Rivière Hall, which forms just south of Lake Sainte-Anne.
It flows in a generally southeast direction to enter the Saint Lawrence just south of the village of Godbout.
Its main tributary, the Rivière Godbout Est, flows south from the southeast bay of Lake Sainte-Anne, which is dammed, to join the south part of the Godbout River.
Name
The indigenous Montagnais called the river Oiaouirabougou, or Oiauirabugu, meaning "whirlpool".
The name Godbout or Godebout is found in documents from the 17th century.
There are two theories about the origin of the name.
One is that it was named after François Godbout, caption of a Hudson's Bay Company schooner.
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