Gilbert River (Labrador)

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Gilbert River
Data
location Labrador in Newfoundland and Labrador ( Canada )
River system Gilbert River
Headwaters Hill area 70 km west-northwest of Port Hope Simpson
52 ° 55 ′ 38 ″  N , 57 ° 7 ′ 57 ″  W
Source height approx.  360  m
muzzle Gilbert Bay , Labrador Sea (Atlantic Ocean) Coordinates: 52 ° 39 ′ 43 "  N , 56 ° 7 ′ 6"  W 52 ° 39 ′ 43 "  N , 56 ° 7 ′ 6"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 360 m
Bottom slope approx. 4 ‰
length approx. 90 km
Catchment area 642 km²
Flowing lakes Jeffries Pond, Gilbert Lake

The Gilbert River is an approximately 90 km long tributary of the Labrador Sea in southeast Labrador in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .

River course

The Gilbert River rises in a hilly area 70 km west-northwest of Port Hope Simpson at an altitude of 360  m . A few kilometers further north is the headwaters of the Main Brook , the right headwaters of the Hawke River . The Gilbert River flows mainly in an east-southeast direction. At the middle reaches the elongated lake Jeffries Pond . At river kilometer 32 the Gilbert River leaves the lake and flows almost dead straight for the next 15 kilometers in an east-southeast direction. Route 514 , which connects the Trans-Labrador Highway with Charlottetown , crosses the river at river kilometer 17 . This immediately flows through a nameless 648 hectare lake, which flows directly into the neighboring Gilbert Lake (almost 13 km² area). Below Gilbert Lake, the Gilbert River flows just under 3.5 km to its confluence with Gilbert Bay . The estuary is 12 km south of Charlottetown. Immediately at the mouth there is a 6.1 m high vertical waterfall. This is considered an insurmountable obstacle for migratory fish . Removing this natural barrier could make the river system accessible to salmon , for example . The relatively narrow elongated catchment area of the Gilbert River covers 642 km². It borders on the Shinney Waters and the Alexis River to the south .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e TC Anderson: The Rivers of Labrador (PDF, 9.5 MB) Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 85, p. 53, 1985. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ NASCO Rivers Database Report (PDF, 1.4 MB) North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO). Retrieved November 22, 2018.