Rivière Moisie
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Rivière Moisie Moisie River |
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 Location of the Rivière Moisie |
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| location | Côte-Nord in Québec (Canada) | |
| River system | Rivière Moisie | |
| origin |
Lac Opocopa at Rivière-Mouchalagane 52 ° 30 ′ 50 ″ N , 66 ° 33 ′ 56 ″ W |
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| muzzle | at Sept-Îles in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 66 ° 4 ′ 3 ″ W 50 ° 12 ′ 0 ″ N , 66 ° 4 ′ 3 ″ W |
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| Mouth height |
0 m
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| length | 410 km | |
| Catchment area | 19,200 km² | |
| Drain |
MQ |
490 m³ / s |
| Right tributaries | Rivière aux Pékans | |
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 Katchapahun Rapid |
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The Rivière Moisie ( English Moisie River ) is a river in the east of the Canadian province of Québec .
geography
It flows from Lac Opocopa in a southerly direction near the border with Newfoundland and Labrador to the north coast of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence east of Sept-Îles . It flows through a deep valley formed by glaciers. The width of the valley varies greatly. The place Moisie is at its mouth. The river is 410 km long and drains an area of 19,200 km².
The tributaries of the Rivière Moisie include:
- Rivière aux Pékans
- Rivière Carheil (via Pékans)
- Rivière Nipissis
- Rivière Caopacho
- Rivière Ouapetec
- Rivière Joseph
history
With the support of local guides, the geologist Henry Youle Hind (1823-1903) explored and mapped the course of the river and the side valleys as far as the headwaters on behalf of the government around 1860. His two-volume travel and research report appeared in 1863.
The name of the river probably has its origin from the old French word moïse or moyse , which means something like "swampy banks".
The Mishta-shipiunnu (" Innu from the Moisie River") call the river Mishta-shipu ("Great River", derived from mishau - "large" and shipu - "River"). They traditionally use the river to reach their northern hunting and fishing grounds. Larger sections of the river are protected by private fishing clubs. In recent times there have been initiatives to implement hydraulic engineering projects on the Rivière Moisie. However, the Québec government decided to declare much of the river's drainage basin as an aquatic reserve. This prevents logging , mining and hydropower projects , but allows hunting and fly fishing .
The river is the main spawning area for Atlantic salmon in eastern North America.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Natural Resources Canada, Atlas of Canada - Rivers
- ↑ a b FQCK (ed.): Guide des parcours canotables du Québec . Tome II, 2000, ISBN 2-89000-504-6 , pp. 155 .
- ↑ Lester Kovac: Lower Pékans / Lower Moisie 2006 . Archived from the original on October 27, 2009. Retrieved July 27, 2011.
- ^ Quebec Canoe Maps . Retrieved July 27, 2011.
- ^ Henry Youle Hind: Explorations in the interior of the Labrador Peninsula, the country of the Montagnais and Nasquappe Indians. In two volumes . 1863.
- ^ Rivière Moisie ( French ) Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved October 24, 2010.