Indian Brook (Halls Bay)

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Indian Brook
Indian Falls at Springdale

Indian Falls at Springdale

Data
location Newfoundland in Newfoundland and Labrador ( Canada )
River system Indian Brook
Headwaters east of Bar Pond
49 ° 24 ′ 8 ″  N , 56 ° 49 ′ 12 ″  W
Source height approx.  300  m
muzzle Hall's Bay ( Labrador Sea ) coordinates: 49 ° 28 ′ 57 "  N , 56 ° 4 ′ 11"  W 49 ° 28 ′ 57 "  N , 56 ° 4 ′ 11"  W
Mouth height 0  m
Height difference approx. 300 m
Bottom slope approx. 3.5 ‰
length approx. 85 km
Catchment area approx. 1200 km²
Discharge at the Indian Falls
A Eo gauge : 974 km²
Location: 6 km above the mouth 		MQ 1955/1995
Mq 1955/1995
 		19.4 m³ / s
19.9 l / (s km²)
Left tributaries Black Brook, Davis Brook
Right tributaries Burnt Berry Brook
Flowing lakes Lake Buck, Indian Pond
Communities Springdale
Discharge of river water to Birchy Lake

The Indian Brook is an approximately 85 km long tributary of Halls Bay in the northwest of the island of Newfoundland, which belongs to the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador .

River course

Indian Brook rises east of Barren Pond at an altitude of about 300  m . In its headwaters there are two nameless lakes that it flows through. From these it flows mainly in an easterly direction to Lake Buck . The outflows of the lakes Upper Indian Pond and Gillards Lake to the north flow into the Indian Brook a little later on the left. At river kilometer 58 there is a dam ( ⊙ ). South of this, a 1.5 km long drainage channel leads a large part of the river water to Birchy Lake , which belongs to the lake system of Grand Lake , which is used there for hydropower by the Deer Lake hydropower station . Below the dam, the Trans-Canada Highway runs for 35 km along the right bank of the river. The Indian Brook flows through the Indian Pond , into which the Black Brook coming from the west flows. The route 390 , which branches off from the Trans-Canada Highway, cross flow at the Indian Brook 12.5 kilometers and then runs along the left bank of the Indian Brook until after Springdale . The Indian Falls rapids are located about 6 kilometers above the mouth of the river. The Indian Brook takes on the Burnt Berry Brook to the right and the Davis Brook from the left , before finally flowing south of the municipality of Springdale into the west bank of Halls Bay, a 36 km deep bay on the north coast of Newfoundland.

f1Georeferencing Map with all coordinates: OSM | WikiMap

Hydrology

The catchment area of Indian Brook covers an area of ​​about 1200 km². The mean discharge at the gauge above Indian Falls is 19.4 m³ / s. In May, the river carries the largest amount of water at the level with an average of 64.3 m³ / s. Most of the river water from the 238 km² catchment area of ​​the upper reaches is diverted to Birchy Lake . The mean discharge in the drainage channel is 6.5 m³ / s.

Fish fauna

Atlantic salmon are found in Indian Brook . Its existence in the river system is considered "not endangered".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Government of Canada: Historical Hydrometric Data Search Results: Station 02YM001
  2. ^ Government of Canada: Historical Hydrometric Data Search Results: Station 02YM004
  3. ↑ NASCO Rivers Database Report (PDF, 1.4 MB) North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization (NASCO). Retrieved November 22, 2018.