White River (Lake Superior)

White River
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location	Algoma District , Thunder Bay District in Ontario ( Canada )
River system	Saint Lawrence River
Drain over	Saint Marys River  → St. Clair River  → Detroit River  → Niagara River  → Saint Lawrence River  → Atlantic Ocean
origin	Negwazu Lake 48 ° 28 ′ 29 ″  N , 85 ° 3 ′ 9 ″  W.
Source height	411  m
muzzle	Upper Lake Coordinates: 48 ° 32 ′ 49 ″  N , 86 ° 16 ′ 5 ″  W 48 ° 32 ′ 49 ″  N , 86 ° 16 ′ 5 ″  W.
Mouth height	184  m
Height difference	227 m
Bottom slope	approx. 1.6 ‰
length	approx. 140 km
Discharge at level 02BC004 below White Lake A Eo : 4160 km² Location: 60 km above the mouth	MQ 1960/2014 Mq 1960/2014	50 m³ / s 12 l / (s km²)
Right tributaries	Bremner River
Flowing lakes	Pakoawaga Lake , White Lake
Small towns	White River
Communities	Pic Mobert First Nation

The White River ( English for "White River") is a river in the Thunder Bay District of the Canadian province of Ontario .

It has its origin in Negwazu Lake 20 km east of the city of the same name, White River . From there it flows in a westerly direction, passes the Pokei Lake White River Wetlands Provincial Park and the city of White River, and 50 km further downstream the settlement of the Pic Mobert First Nation . Here it flows through the in White Lake Provincial Park Lake nearby White Lake . After about 140 km the river reaches the Upper Lake . He covers the last kilometers within the Pukaskwa National Park .

Use of hydropower

The Umbata Falls hydropower plant ( ⊙ ) is located about 30 km southeast of Marathon on the White River. The hydropower plant supplies two SAM Kaplan turbines at a drop height of 32.8 m, a power of 23  MW . The annual output is 109,102 MWh.

Regional Power and the Pic Mobert First Nation plan to build two more hydropower plants - Upper White - Gitchi Animki Bezhig (9 MW) and Lower White - Gitchi Animki Niizh (10 MW) - 50 km south of the town of White River.

tourism

From White Lake Provincial Park from the White River is 70 km downstream to the confluence with Lake Superior by canoe be driven all year. There are several rapids on the route.

Web links

• lakesuperioradventures.ca

Individual evidence

1. ^ Government of Canada: Historical Hydrometric Data Search Results: Station 02BC004
2. ↑ Umbata Falls Generating Station (23 MW) - Marathon: White River. Archived from the original on July 18, 2014 ; accessed on March 18, 2013 (English). 
3. ↑ innergex.com
4. ^ White River. (No longer available online.) Regional Power, archived from the original on June 25, 2013 ; accessed on March 18, 2013 (English). 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.