Ogoki River
| Ogoki River | ||
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| Data | ||
| location |
Thunder Bay District , Cochrane District in Ontario, Canada |
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| River system | Albany River | |
| Drain over | Albany River → Hudson Bay | |
| origin |
Wabakimi Lake 50 ° 41 ′ 32 " N , 89 ° 36 ′ 47" W. |
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| Source height | 353 m | |
| muzzle |
Albany River Coordinates: 51 ° 37 ′ 37 " N , 85 ° 56 ′ 11" W 51 ° 37 ′ 37 " N , 85 ° 56 ′ 11" W.
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| length | 480 km | |
| Discharge at the gauge above Whiteclay Lake A Eo : 11,200 km² |
MQ 1971/2000 Mq 1971/2000 |
105 m³ / s 9.4 l / (s km²) |
| Left tributaries | Dusey River | |
| Right tributaries | Berg River (Ontario) | |
| Flowing lakes | Kenoji Lake , Whitewater Lake , Whiteclay Lake , Ogoki Lake , Kayedon Lake | |
| Reservoirs flowed through | Ogoki Reservoir | |
| Derivation of the upper reaches to Lake Nipigon | ||
The Ogoki River is a river in the Thunder Bay District and Cochrane District in the Canadian province of Ontario .
The river has its origin in Wabakimi Lake . It flows northeast through a series of lakes: Whitewater Lake , Whiteclay Lake , Ogoki Reservoir, and Ogoki Lake . In the lower reaches, the river splits over a distance of 30 km into two arms, which unite again. At Ogoki the river flows into the Albany River , which flows into James Bay . The river is 480 km long. In 1943 the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario , now Ontario Power Generation , built a dam which, since its completion, has diverted much of the water of the upper Ogoki River to Lake Nipigon and the Great Lakes . The purpose of this hydraulic engineering project was to increase the usable amount of water for the hydropower plant at the Niagara Falls below Lake Erie .
The Ogoki River flows through Wabakimi Provincial Park . It is used for canoeing and fishing.
The Ogoki Reservoir north of Lake Nipigon is formed by a dam at Waboose Rapids . The reservoir has a length of 70 km and covers an area of about 150 km².
A provincial park is being planned for the section of the river below the Ogoki Reservoir, across Ogoki Lake to the splitting of the river.
Web links
- Ogoki River at the Waboose Falls Dam gauge - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ogoki River at the gauge above Whiteclay Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET