The water level of the river varies with the seasons and the precipitation; the spring flood occurs in March or April.

Of Scottish descent, born in Ireland, Lord Gosford was governor-in-chief of British North America from 1835 to 1838, one of the most turbulent periods in our history.

Coming as Royal Commissioner, assisted by George Gipps and Charles Edward Gray, he was responsible for investigating the political problems that paralyzed Lower Canada.

In 1840, he defended them by declaring himself, in the parliament of Westminster, against the Union project which would have allocated the same number of seats to Upper and Lower Canada in the new assembly.

[3] The toponym "Rivière Gosford" was formalized on August 17, 1978, at the Place Names Bank of the Commission de toponymie du Québec.