Hayes River
| Hayes River | ||
 The Hayes River with York Factory , shortly before it flows into Hudson Bay around 1925 |
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| Data | ||
| location | Manitoba ( Canada ) | |
| River system | Hayes River | |
| source |
Molson Lake 54 ° 12 '4 " N , 96 ° 45' 2" W. |
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| Source height | 221 m | |
| muzzle |
Hudson Bay Coordinates: 57 ° 3 '52 " N , 92 ° 11' 39" W 57 ° 3 '52 " N , 92 ° 11' 39" W. |
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| Mouth height | 0 m | |
| Height difference | 221 m | |
| Bottom slope | 0.46 ‰ | |
| length | 483 km | |
| Catchment area | 108,000 km² | |
| Outflow at the gauge At the outlet of Oxford Lake A Eo : 8,420 km² |
MQ 1957/1973 Mq 1957/1973 |
53 m³ / s 6.3 l / (s km²) |
| Discharge at the gauge Below Trout Falls A Eo : 9190 km² |
MQ 1974/2000 Mq 1974/2000 |
39 m³ / s 4.2 l / (s km²) |
| Discharge at the gauge Below Gods River A Eo : 103,000 km² |
MQ 1974/2000 Mq 1974/2000 |
625 m³ / s 6.1 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Bigstone River , High Hill River , Utik River | |
| Right tributaries | Gods River , Fox River , Stupart River , Gowan River , Sipanigo River | |
| Flowing lakes | Oxford Lake , Knee Lake | |
The Hayes River is a river in the Canadian province of Manitoba .
The source of the Hayes can hardly be named, it forms the outflow of Molson Lake , which is fed from the south by a multitude of nearby small rivers and lakes of the Canadian Shield . From Molson Lake it crosses the shield and finally the tundra lowlands south of Hudson Bay, into which it joins after a total length of about 500 km. With its tributaries, the Hayes forms its own river system, which, with a catchment area of 108,000 km², is half the size of that of the Rhine , but rather small by Canadian standards. The average runoff of 650 m³ / s is relatively small for the size of the runoff basin, which results from the low rainfall in the area consisting of taiga and tundra.
Long before the arrival of the first Europeans, the river was used by the Cree and Shamattawa Indians as a transport route for their hunting expeditions. From the 17th to the 19th centuries, the Hayes was used by the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) trade expeditions as a route between their North American headquarters, York Factory and the central inland trading post, Norway House . The route led over the only 10 meter wide watershed at Painted Stone Portage in the small Echimamish River to the river system of the Nelson River . The river was named after James Hayes, a partner from the founding times of the HBC. Today the Hayes is used not only by the Indians but also by tourists for hunting, fishing and canoe tours.
Web links
- Information about the river ( memento of January 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) at Canadian Heritage River Systems (English)
- The Hayes River at the Encyclopædia Britannica
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c The Atlas of Canada - Rivers ( Memento from January 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ Hayes River at the gauge at the outlet of Oxford Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Hayes River at the gauge below Trout Falls - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ Hayes River at the gauge Below Gods River - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
- ↑ See also Charter of Hudson's Bay .