Fond du Lac River (Lake Athabasca)

Fond du Lac River
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Data
location	Saskatchewan ( Canada )
River system	Mackenzie River
Drain over	Slave River  → Mackenzie River  → Arctic Ocean
source	Wollaston Lake 58 ° 27 ′ 48 ″  N , 103 ° 32 ′ 20 ″  W.
Source height	398  m
muzzle	Lake Athabasca coordinates: 59 ° 16 ′ 20 "  N , 106 ° 0 ′ 0"  W 59 ° 16 ′ 20 "  N , 106 ° 0 ′ 0"  W
Mouth height	213  m
Height difference	185 m
Bottom slope	0.67 ‰
length	277 km
Catchment area	66,800 km²
Outflow at the level at the outflow from Black Lake A Eo : 50,700 km²	MQ 1963/2000 Mq 1963/2000	306 m³ / s 6 l / (s km²)
Discharge at the gauge at Stony Rapids A Eo : 51,800 km²	MQ 1946/1963 Mq 1946/1963	299 m³ / s 5.8 l / (s km²)
Drain	MQ	300 m³ / s
Left tributaries	Waterfound River , Hawkrock River , Cree River
Right tributaries	Perch River , Porcupine River , Chipman River , Souter River
Flowing lakes	Hatchet Lake , Kosdaw Lake , Otter Lake , Black Lake
Communities	Black Lake , Stony Rapids

The Fond du Lac River is a river in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan that is part of the Mackenzie River system .

The river is 277 km long and has a catchment area of ​​66,800 km² and an average discharge of about 300 m³ / s.

Course of the river

The river has its origin in Wollaston Lake ( 395  m ), which it leaves in Cunning Bay . It flows north to Hatchet Lake ( 393  m ) and on to Waterfound Bay ( 376  m ), where the tributary Waterfound River flows into it from the left. The river continues its course in a northerly direction to Kosdaw Lake , over the Redbank Falls to Otter Lake , the Manitou Falls , the Brink Rapids and the Brassy Rapids before the Hawkrock River joins from the left. The river passes the Hawkrock Rapids and North Rapids and takes in the Perch River from the right. The Fond du Lac River passes the Perch Rapids , meets the tributary Porcupine River flowing to the right , reaches the Burr Falls and finally flows into Black Lake ( 276  m ).

Several tributaries flow to the Fond du Lac River on Black Lake: from the right the Chipman River and Souter River , and from the left the Cree River .

The river leaves the lake on its northwestern side near the settlement Black Lake , later passes the Elizabeth Falls and the Woodcock Rapids , as well as the settlement Stony Rapids , to finally flow into Lake Athabasca .

fauna

In the river there are u. a. the following species of fish: walleye , yellow perch , pike , lake trout , Arctic grayling , lake whitefish , American whitefish that Redhorse Catostomus commersonii and Catostomus Catostomus and burbot .

Web links

• [1] Fish Species of Saskatchewan

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} The Atlas of Canada - Lakes ( Memento from January 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b c} The Atlas of Canada - Rivers ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
3. ↑ Fond du Lac River (Athabasca) at the level at the outflow from Black Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
4. ↑ Fond du Lac River (Athabasca) at the gauge near Stony Rapids - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET