# Quesnel

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'''Quesnel''' or '''Quesnell''' means "little oak" in the [Picard](/source/Picard_language) dialect of [French](/source/French_language).<!-- <ref>{{cite book|last1=Cellard|first1=Jacques|title=Trésors des noms de familles|date=1983|publisher=Belin|location=Paris|isbn=9782701104874|page=247|edition=[6. éd.].}}</ref> --> It is used as a proper name and may refer to:

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==Places==
* [Le Quesnel](/source/Le_Quesnel), a commune the Somme department in France
* [Quesnel, British Columbia](/source/Quesnel%2C_British_Columbia), a city in British Columbia, Canada
* [Quesnel Forks, British Columbia](/source/Quesnel_Forks%2C_British_Columbia), a ghost town in British Columbia, Canada
* [Quesnell Heights, Edmonton](/source/Quesnell_Heights%2C_Edmonton), a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

==Geographical features==
* [Quesnel Lake](/source/Quesnel_Lake)
* [Quesnel River](/source/Quesnel_River)
* [Quesnel Highland](/source/Quesnel_Highland)

==People==
* [Adam Quesnell](/source/Adam_Quesnell) (born 1981/1982), American stand-up comedian
* [Chantal Quesnel](/source/Chantal_Quesnel) (born 1971), Canadian actress
* [Désiré Quesnel](/source/D%C3%A9sir%C3%A9_Quesnel) (1843&ndash;1915), French wood-engraver
* [François Quesnel](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Quesnel) (1543–1619), 16th-century French artist
* [François Jean Baptiste Quesnel](/source/Fran%C3%A7ois_Jean_Baptiste_Quesnel) (1768&ndash;1819), French general under Napoleon
* [Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric-Auguste_Quesnel) (1785–1866) Canadian lawyer and politician 
* [Joseph Quesnel](/source/Joseph_Quesnel) (1746–1809), Canadian operatic composer/playwright 
* [Jules-Maurice Quesnel](/source/Jules-Maurice_Quesnel) (1786–1842), Canadian fur-trader and politician 
* [Pasquier Quesnel](/source/Pasquier_Quesnel) (1634&ndash;1719), French Jansenist theologian
* [Peter Quesnel](/source/Peter_Quesnel) (or Quesuel) (d. 1299?), Franciscan 
* [Pierre Quesnel](/source/Pierre_Quesnel) (1502–1580), 16th-century French artist, worked in Scotland
* [Pooky Quesnel](/source/Pooky_Quesnel) (born 1966), English actress
* [Yannick Quesnel](/source/Yannick_Quesnel) (born 1973), French retired footballer

==Other==
* [Quesnel (sternwheeler)](/source/Quesnel_(sternwheeler)) 
* [Quesnell Bridge](/source/Quesnell_Bridge), in Edmonton AB, Canada, over North Saskatchewan River

==See also==
* [Quensel](/source/Quensel), a superficially similar surname, but of Swedish extraction

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