Berens River
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| location | Ontario , Manitoba ( Canada ) | |
| River system | Nelson River | |
| Drain over | Nelson River → Hudson Bay | |
| source | in the Kenora District of Ontario 51 ° 28 ′ 3 ″ N , 92 ° 38 ′ 18 ″ W |
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| Source height | 407 m | |
| muzzle | in the Winnipegsee coordinates: 52 ° 21 '25 " N , 97 ° 3' 4" W 52 ° 21 '25 " N , 97 ° 3' 4" W. |
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| Mouth height | 217 m | |
| Height difference | 190 m | |
| Bottom slope | approx. 0.54 ‰ | |
| length | approx. 350 km | |
| Drain at the gauge at the outlet of Long Lake |
MQ 1957/1992 |
38 m³ / s |
| Discharge at the gauge above Berens Lake A Eo : 5730 km² |
MQ 1980/1997 Mq 1980/1997 |
44 m³ / s 7.7 l / (s km²) |
| Discharge at the gauge above Little Grand Rapids A Eo : 15,900 km² |
MQ 1914/1923 Mq 1914/1923 |
104 m³ / s 6.5 l / (s km²) |
| Right tributaries | Whitefish River | |
| Flowing lakes | Berens Lake , Stout Lake , Moar Lake , Fishing Lake , Family Lake | |
| Communities | Pikangikum , Poplar Hill , Little Grand Rapids , Berens River | |
The Berens River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Manitoba .
It originated in an unnamed lake in the Kenora District of Ontario. From there it flows west to Manitoba and finally flows into Lake Winnipeg near the First Nation settlement of Berens River . The lake has several lakes and rapids along its course.
history
The river was a traditional hunting and fishing ground for the First Nations for thousands of years. European explorers first reached the river in 1767. They had previously crossed the Severn River and then went down the Berens River to Lake Winnipeg. The river was named after Joseph Berens, a governor of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC).
Several HBC trading posts and one of the Northwest Company were established at the mouth of the river, upstream, and at the mouth of the Pigeon River to the south in 1814 and later. The river system thus became part of the HBC trade route.
Natural history
The Berens River is one of the last rivers in southern Canada to have experienced very little natural interference. There are no major roads in the area. The catchment area forms an important habitat for the forest caribou .
Transport routes
In 2009, the Ontario provincial government announced funding for a study to build a permanent bridge over the Berens River on an existing winter road . In the south this would connect to an all-weather road to the Ontario Highway 125 , in the north to the settlements of the Deer Lake First Nation , North Spirit Lake First Nation and the Sandy Lake First Nation . The exact location of the bridge would be east and above Berens Lake .
Settlements along the river
- Berens River (Manitoba)
- Little Grand Rapids, Manitoba , on Family Lake about 115 km southeast of the estuary.
- Poplar Hill First Nation , in Ontario
- Picangic First Nation , in Ontario
Tributaries
- Keeper River (left)
- Crooked Mouth River (right)
- Pikangikum Lake
- Dowling River (left)
- Throat River (right)
- Windfall Creek (left)
- Owl Creek (left)
- Mamakwash River (left)
- Whitefish River (right)
- Serpent River (left)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berens River at the gauge at the outlet of Long Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Berens River at the gauge above Berens Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Berens River at the gauge above Little Grand Rapids - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ^ New Berens River Bridge Will Benefit First Nations Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry
- ↑ a b District 1 - Kenora / Far West Northern Ontario Winter Roads Map Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry ( Memento of the original from January 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
