O'Sullivan River


The O'Sullivan River is a tributary of Lake Waswanipi, which is crossed on the North by the Waswanipi River. The O'Sullivan River flows North into the Abitibi Regional County Municipality, and into Eeyou Istchee James Bay, in the Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.
The course of the O'Sullivan River crosses the townships of Charrette, Adhémar, Labrie, Ralleau, Ruette, Benoit, Duplessis and Bossé.

Geography

The surrounding hydrographic slopes of the O'Sullivan River are:
A little unnamed lake is the headwater body of the O'Sullivan River. This lake is located southeast of Castonguay Lake, north of Louison Lake, about northeast of Senneterre, Abitibi-Témiscamingue. This head lake obtains some 15 small lakes upstream and nearby.
From the small head lake, the O'Sullivan River flows over:
The natives used the name "Pusticamica" to designate this watercourse.
At the request of the Commission de toponymie du Canada, the name "Rivière O'Sullivan" has been attributed to evoke the work of life of Henry O'Sullivan. After studying at Laval University in 1869, O'Sullivan worked as a land surveyor, geologist and explorer in the Department of Lands and Forests. O'Sullivan explored much of Labrador, Gaspésie, all of Nord-du-Québec .
The toponym O'Sullivan River was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Bank of Place Names of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.