The Barlow River is a tributary of the
Chibougamau River
The Chibougamau River flows west in the Chibougamau, then Eeyou Istchee James Bay (municipality) in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, Quebec, Canada.
From the source, the course of the river successively crosses the townships of: R ...
, flowing into the
Regional County Municipality
The term regional county municipality or RCM (''french: municipalité régionale de comté, MRC'') is used in Quebec, Canada to refer to one of 87 county-like political entities. In some older English translations they were called county r ...
(RCM) of
Eeyou Istchee Baie-James,
Jamésie
Jamésie is a territory equivalent to a regional county municipality (TE) of Nord-du-Québec, Canada.
Its geographical code is 991 and together with Kativik TE and Eeyou Istchee TE it forms the administrative région and census division (CD ...
, in the administrative region of
Nord-du-Québec
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, in the
province
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of
Quebec
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, in
Canada
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.
The course of the river successively crosses the townships of Plamondon, Richardson and Blaiklock. This river is also located in the
Albanel Lakes Wildlife Sanctuary, Mistassini and Waconichi.
The upper part of the hydrographic slope of the "Barlow River" is accessible by a forest road from
Chibougamau and going up to the North. The lower part is served by some forest roads that come from the south where passes
route 113 which connects
Lebel-sur-Quévillon
Lebel-sur-Quévillon is a city in the Canadian province of Quebec, located on Route 113 in the Jamésie region. It is located approximately 88 kilometres north of Senneterre and approximately 200 kilometres southwest of Chibougamau. It is surroun ...
to
Chibougamau. This road goes south of
Opémisca Lake
Opémisca Lake is a freshwater body of the Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, in Jamésie, in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in province of Quebec, in Canada. The surface of the lake extends in the cantons of Cuvier, Lévy, Daubrée and Opé ...
.
The surface of the "Barlow River" is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice movement is generally from mid-November to mid-April.
Geography
Toponymy
This hydronym evokes the memory of Alfred-Ernest Barlow (1861–1914). He is one of the three sons of renowned topographer Robert Barlow. Alfred-Ernest worked for the Geological Survey of Canada from 1883 to 1907. He gained a certain reputation in Montreal as a consulting geologist. He is the author of some 60 studies of Canadian geology, including the report on the region of
Chibougamau which he wrote with Gwillim and Faribault; at the end of its research, this report was published in 1911 by the Quebec Department of Mines, in its English version. Its English version is a translation of
Joseph Obalski
Joseph Obalski (14 September 1852 – 25 March 1915) was a French-Canadian mining engineer, civil servant, professor, and author.
Born in Châteaubriant, France, of Polish origin from his father's side of the family, Obalski graduated from ...
, in 1912. Barlow perished in the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, opposite
Sainte-Luce, Quebec, in 1914. The Geography Commission, the current
Commission de toponymie du Québec formalized this toponym on December 12, 1939.
The toponym "Barlow River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the
Commission de toponymie du Québec, at the creation of this commission
References
See also
{{DEFAULTSORT:Brock North, river
Rivers of Nord-du-Québec
Nottaway River drainage basin
Eeyou Istchee James Bay