page_title: Gatineau River
hierarchical_section_title: Gatineau River
caption_attribution_description: This is a map of the Ottawa River drainage basin, created based on USGS and Digital Chart of the World data. [1] used as reference.
context_page_description: The Gatineau River is a river in western Quebec, Canada, which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa River at the city of Gatineau, Quebec. The river is 386 km long and drains an area of 23,700 km².
  While it has been said that the river's name comes from Nicolas Gatineau, a fur trader who is said to have drowned in the river in 1683, the original inhabitants, the Algonquin Anicinabek, assert that the name comes from their language. The name they give the river is "Te-nagàdino-zìbi", which means "The River that Stops [One's Journey]".
context_section_description: The Gatineau River (French: Rivière Gatineau, [gatino]) is a river in western Quebec, Canada, which rises in lakes north of the Baskatong Reservoir and flows south to join the Ottawa River at the city of Gatineau, Quebec. The river is 386 km (239.8 mi) long and drains an area of 23,700 km².
  While it has been said that the river's name comes from Nicolas Gatineau (sometimes spelled Gastineau), a fur trader who is said to have drowned in the river in 1683, the original inhabitants, the Algonquin Anicinabek, assert that the name comes from their language.  The name they give the river is "Te-nagàdino-zìbi", which means "The River that Stops [One's Journey]".
caption: Map of the Ottawa River drainage basin with the Gatineau River
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