Michipicoten River
| Michipicoten River | ||
 View from Highway 101 over the Michipicoten River |
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| Data | ||
| location | Algoma District in Ontario (Canada) | |
| River system | Saint Lawrence River | |
| Drain over | Magpie River → Saint Marys River → St. Clair River → Detroit River → Niagara River → Saint Lawrence River → Atlantic Ocean | |
| origin |
Dog Lake , 15 km southwest of Missanabie 48 ° 13 ′ 55 ″ N , 84 ° 13 ′ 15 ″ W |
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| Source height | 330 m | |
| muzzle |
Magpie River in Michipicoten Bay of Lake Superior Coordinates: 47 ° 56 ′ 6 " N , 84 ° 49 ′ 54" W 47 ° 56 ′ 6 " N , 84 ° 49 ′ 54" W |
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| Mouth height | 183 m | |
| Height difference | 147 m | |
| Bottom slope | 1.8 ‰ | |
| length | 81 km | |
| Catchment area | approx. 5320 km² | |
| Discharge at Scott Falls A Eo gauge : 5311 km² |
MQ 1934/2011 Mq 1934/2011 |
69 m³ / s 13 l / (s km²) |
| Flowing lakes | Manitowik Lake | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Whitefish Lake | |
Michipicoten River is a river in the Algoma District in the north of the Canadian province of Ontario .
It has its origins in Dog Lake . It flows south to Michipicoten Bay of Lake Superior , where it joins the Magpie River near the town of Wawa . The river, including the Lochalsh River from its outflow from Wabatongushi Lake, has a total length of 113 km and a catchment area of 5200 km².
The river name means something like "large steep bank" in the language of the Ojibwe and refers to the hills near the river mouth.
The Michipicoten River flows south from Dog Lake. It flows through a number of larger lakes: Manitowik Lake and Whitefish Lake . After that it flows mainly in a westerly direction to the Upper Lake. There are four hydroelectric plants on this lower course of the river. These are used by Brookfield Power Inc. operated.
Tributaries
The Michipicoten River's tributaries are:
- Anjigami River
- Shikwamkwa River
- Jackpine River
- Hawk River
- Dog Lake
- Murray Creek
- Dog River
- Lochalsh River
history
At the time of the fur trade, the river formed an access route to James Bay , which led over the two other rivers Missinaibi River and Moose River . Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard des Groseilliers were probably the first to explore this route. At the beginning of the 18th century, a French trading post was set up at the mouth of the river. The Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) began building several trading posts along the trade route in the 1770s. The post at Michipicoten River existed until 1904 and is now part of the Michipicoten Post Provincial Park .
In 1781, the HBC surveyor Philip Turnor studied the river. A number of improvements to portages along the river followed. After 1821, the Moose-Missinaibi-Michipicoten route formed the main supply route for HBC's Lake Superior District .
Hydropower plants
Brookfield operates four hydropower plants along the Michipicoten River.
In the downstream direction these are:
| Surname | completion position |
Power [MW] |
Number of turbines |
hydraul. Potential [m] |
reservoir | operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hollingsworth | 1959 | 23 | 1 | 34 | Whitefish Lake | Brookfield |
| McPhail | 1954 | 13 | 2 | 14.33 | n / A | Brookfield |
| Robert A. Dunford | 1908/2003 | 45 | 2 | 14th | n / A | Brookfield |
| Scott Falls | 1952 | 22.4 | 2 | 23.3 | n / A | Brookfield |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Water Survey of Canada: Station 02BD002 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Ontario Parks - Michipicoten Post PP ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2007 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.
- ^ Archaeological and Historic Sites Board, Archives of Ontario.
- ↑ Ontario Power Authority ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Wawa Hydro Operations ( Memento of the original from July 8, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 925 kB)
