Quesnel

Quesnel or Quesnell means "little oak" in the Picard dialect of French. It is used as a proper name and may refer to:

Places

 * Le Quesnel, a commune the Somme department in France
 * Quesnel, British Columbia, a city in British Columbia, Canada
 * Quesnel Forks, British Columbia, a ghost town in British Columbia, Canada
 * Quesnell Heights, Edmonton, a neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Geographical features

 * Quesnel Lake
 * Quesnel River
 * Quesnel Highland

People

 * Adam Quesnell (born 1981/1982), American stand-up comedian
 * Chantal Quesnel (born 1971), Canadian actress
 * Désiré Quesnel (1843–1915), French wood-engraver
 * François Quesnel (1543–1619), 16th-century French artist
 * François Jean Baptiste Quesnel (1768–1819), French general under Napoleon
 * Frédéric-Auguste Quesnel (1785–1866) Canadian lawyer and politician
 * Joseph Quesnel (1746–1809), Canadian operatic composer/playwright
 * Jules-Maurice Quesnel (1786–1842), Canadian fur-trader and politician
 * Pasquier Quesnel (1634–1719), French Jansenist theologian
 * Peter Quesnel (or Quesuel) (d. 1299?), Franciscan
 * Pierre Quesnel (1502–1580), 16th-century French artist, worked in Scotland
 * Pooky Quesnel (born 1966), English actress
 * Yannick Quesnel (born 1973), French retired footballer

Other

 * Quesnel (sternwheeler)
 * Quesnell Bridge, in Edmonton AB, Canada, over North Saskatchewan River