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Pasquia River Recreation Site
Pasquia River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan. It begins in Saskatchewan in the Pasquia Hills and traverses boreal forests and muskeg in the Boreal Plains Ecozone, moving from the Mid-Boreal Upland of the Pasquia Hills east to the Mid-Boreal Lowland. It meets the Saskatchewan River in Manitoba at The Pas. Near the river's mouth, several small dams, dykes, and other water control structures have been built to control water flows. Description Pasquia River begins at a small lake in the Rural Municipality of Hudson Bay No. 394 at the eastern boundary of Wildcat Hill Provincial Park in the Pasquia Hills. Coming out of the hills, it crosses Highway 9 and flows in an easterly direction towards the Manitoba border. At the Highway 9 bridge, there is a picnic area and access to the river from the Pasquia River Recreation Site (). As the river nears the border with Manitoba, it begins to flow north paralleling it. At Nosamwokwu Lake, the river tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carrot River (Saskatchewan)
The Carrot River is a river in north-eastern Saskatchewan, and north-western Manitoba. Its headwaters originate in the Cudworth and Tiger Hill Plains near the Town of Wakaw. The outlet of Wakaw Lake marks the beginning of the Carrot River and, from there, this river flows northeast through the Melfort and Red Earth Plains until it joins into the Saskatchewan River west of The Pas, Manitoba. The Carrot River is about 300 km in length and it parallels the course of the South Saskatchewan and Saskatchewan Rivers. The Carrot River serves as the main watershed for north-eastern Saskatchewan as all smaller streams and rivers empty into the Carrot River. This causes major flood problems during the spring run off and rainy seasons around the Town of Carrot River and Red Earth Indian Reserve. The floods usually strand everyone east of the river with very few ways around the flooded area. Another Carrot River enters Oxford Lake on the Hayes River. History The Carrot River va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dams In Manitoba
A dam is a barrier that stops or restricts the flow of surface water or underground streams. Reservoirs created by dams not only suppress floods but also provide water for activities such as irrigation, human consumption, industrial use, aquaculture, and navigability. Hydropower is often used in conjunction with dams to generate electricity. A dam can also be used to collect or store water which can be evenly distributed between locations. Dams generally serve the primary purpose of retaining water, while other structures such as floodgates or levees (also known as dikes) are used to manage or prevent water flow into specific land regions. The earliest known dam is the Jawa Dam in Jordan, dating to 3,000 BC. The word ''dam'' can be traced back to Middle English, and before that, from Middle Dutch, as seen in the names of many old cities, such as Amsterdam and Rotterdam. History Ancient dams Early dam building took place in Mesopotamia and the Middle East. Dams were used ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Manitoba
This is an incomplete list of rivers of Manitoba, a province of Canada. Watersheds The entire province of Manitoba is within the Hudson Bay drainage basin: *Nelson River **Lake Winnipeg watershed ***Winnipeg River *** Red River ****Assiniboine River *****Qu'Appelle River *****Souris River ***Saskatchewan River ****Lake Winnipegosis watershed List of rivers A *Antler River *Armit River * Armstrong River * Assean River *Assiniboine River B * Beaver Creek *Berens River * Black Duck Creek * Black Duck River *Bloodvein River * Bolton River * Boots Creek *Boundary Creek * Boyne River * Broad River *Brokenhead River *Burntwood River C * Caribou River * Carrot River * Churchill River *Cochrane River *Cypress River D *Dauphin River E *Echimamish River *Echoing River F *Fairford River * Fox River G * Gainsborough Creek *Gods River * Goose Creek * Goose River * Graham Creek * Grass River H * Hargrave River *Hayes River J * Joe River L *La Salle River * Leslie Creek * Limestone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Saskatchewan
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague. Rivers are part of the water cycle. Water generally collects in a river from precipitation through a drainage basin from surface runoff and other sources such as groundwater recharge, springs, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hudson Bay Drainage Basin
The Hudson Bay drainage basin is the drainage basin in northern North America where surface water empties into Hudson Bay and adjoining waters. Spanning an area of about , the basin is almost totally in Canada (spanning parts of the Prairies, central and northern Canada), with a small portion in the United States (in Montana, the Dakotas, and Minnesota). The watershed's connection to the Labrador Sea is at the Hudson Strait's mouth between Resolution Island in the Qikiqtaaluk Region and Cape Chidley on the Labrador Peninsula. The watershed's headwaters to the south-west are on the Continental Divide of the Americas, bounded at Triple Divide Peak to the south, and Snow Dome to the north. The western and northern boundary of the watershed is the Arctic Divide, and the southern and eastern boundary is the Laurentian Divide. left, Rupert's Land, granted as a commercial monopoly to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 Hudson Bay is often considered part of the Arctic Ocean. For ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Dams And Reservoirs In Canada
This is a list of dams and water reservoirs in Canada. Alberta *Bassano Dam *Bearspaw Dam * Bighorn Dam *Brazeau Dam *Cascade Dam * Dickson Dam *Ghost Dam * Glenmore Reservoir *Interlakes Dam * Milk River Ridge Reservoir *Old Man River Dam *Three Sisters Dam *Coal Lake Dam . Bchydro.com (2012-11-30). Retrieved on 2013-07-24. * Lajoie Dam ( Downton Lake) * Wahleach Dam a.k.a. Jones Lake Dam ( Wahleach Lake a.k.a. Jones Lake)
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List Of Rivers Of Manitoba
This is an incomplete list of rivers of Manitoba, a province of Canada. Watersheds The entire province of Manitoba is within the Hudson Bay drainage basin: *Nelson River **Lake Winnipeg watershed ***Winnipeg River *** Red River ****Assiniboine River *****Qu'Appelle River *****Souris River ***Saskatchewan River ****Lake Winnipegosis watershed List of rivers A *Antler River *Armit River * Armstrong River * Assean River *Assiniboine River B * Beaver Creek *Berens River * Black Duck Creek * Black Duck River *Bloodvein River * Bolton River * Boots Creek *Boundary Creek * Boyne River * Broad River *Brokenhead River *Burntwood River C * Caribou River * Carrot River * Churchill River *Cochrane River *Cypress River D *Dauphin River E *Echimamish River *Echoing River F *Fairford River * Fox River G * Gainsborough Creek *Gods River * Goose Creek * Goose River * Graham Creek * Grass River H * Hargrave River *Hayes River J * Joe River L *La Salle River * Leslie Creek * Limestone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Rivers Of Saskatchewan
This is a list of rivers of Saskatchewan, a province of Canada. The largest and most notable rivers are listed at the start, followed by rivers listed by drainage basin and then alphabetically. Principal river statistics ''SourcStatistics Canada' Rivers by drainage basin *Arctic Ocean watershed ** Fond du Lac River ** Cree River ***Rapid River (Cree River tributary) ** Geikie River (Wollaston Lake) ** Clearwater River ***Graham Creek (Alberta) **Firebag River *Hudson Bay drainage basin **Assiniboine River ***Qu'Appelle River ****Moose Jaw River *****Avonlea Creek *****Thunder Creek **** Last Mountain Creek ***** Arm River *****Lanigan Creek ****Pheasant Creek ****Wascana Creek *** Whitesand River **** Spirit Creek ****Yorkton Creek ***** Crescent Creek ***Souris River **** Graham Creek ****Antler River ****Des Lacs River **** Gainsborough Creek ****Moose Mountain Creek **** Long Creek ****Pipestone Creek ** Churchill River *** Beaver River ****Doré ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Pike
The northern pike (''Esox lucius'') is a species of carnivorous fish of the genus '' Esox'' (the pikes). They are typical of brackish and fresh waters of the Northern Hemisphere (''i.e.'' holarctic in distribution). They are known simply as a pike in Britain, Ireland, and most of Eastern Europe, Canada and the United States. Pike can grow to a relatively large size: the average length is about , with maximum recorded lengths of up to and published weights of . The IGFA currently recognizes a pike caught by Lothar Louis on Greffern Lake, Germany, on 16 October 1986, as the all-tackle world-record northern pike. Northern pike grow to larger sizes in Eurasia than in North America, and typically grow to larger sizes in coastal than inland regions of Eurasia. Etymology The northern pike gets its common name from its resemblance to the pole-weapon known as the pike (from the Middle English for 'pointed'). Various other unofficial trivial names are common pike, Lakes pike, great n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Sturgeon
The lake sturgeon (''Acipenser fulvescens''), also known as the rock sturgeon, is a North American temperate freshwater fish, one of about 25 species of sturgeon. Like other sturgeons, this species is a bottom feeder with evolutionarily basal traits among fish, reflecting its early divergence from the shark lineage. These traits include a partly cartilaginous skeleton, an overall streamlined shape, and skin bearing rows of bony plates on the sides and back. The lake sturgeon uses its elongated, spade-like snout to stir up the substrate and sediments on the beds of rivers and lakes to feed. Four sensory organs (barbels) hang near its mouth to help the sturgeon locate bottom-dwelling prey. Lake sturgeons can grow to a large size for freshwater fish, topping 7.25 ft (2.2 m) long and 240 lb (108 kg). Description The lake sturgeon has taste buds on and around its barbels near its rubbery, prehensile lips. It extends its lips to vacuum up soft live food, which it sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burbot
The burbot (''Lota lota'') is the only gadiform (cod-like) freshwater fish Freshwater fish are those that spend some or all of their lives in fresh water, such as rivers and lakes, with a salinity of less than 1.05%. These environments differ from marine conditions in many ways, especially the difference in levels of .... It is also known as bubbot, mariah, loche, cusk, freshwater cod, freshwater ling, freshwater cusk, the lawyer, coney-fish, lingcod, and eelpout. The species is closely related to the marine common ling and the cusk (fish), cusk. It is the monotypic, only member of the genus ''Lota''. For some time of the year, the burbot lives under ice, and it requires frigid temperatures to breed. Etymology The name burbot comes from the Latin word ''barba'', meaning beard, referring to its single chin whisker, or barbel (anatomy), barbel. Its generic and specific names, ''Lota lota'', comes from the old French ''lotte'' fish, which is also named "barbot" in Old French. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
