Caniapiscau River
Caniapiscau River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Nord-du-Québec |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Sevestre |
• coordinates | 52°32′23″N 68°01′15″W / 52.53972°N 68.02083°W |
• elevation | 638 m (2,093 ft) |
Mouth | Koksoak River |
• location | About 80 km SW from Kuujjuaq |
• coordinates | 57°40′18″N 69°29′12″W / 57.67167°N 69.48667°W |
• elevation | 20 m (66 ft) |
Length | 737 km (458 mi) |
The Caniapiscau River (
Starting from Lac Sevestre (53 km (33 mi) south-west from
Since 1985, the headwaters of the Caniapiscau River have been diverted into the
Important variations in the water flow of the Caniapiscau River from 1981 to 1984, during the period when the Caniapiscau Reservoir was being filled, may have contributed to the
The Caniapiscau River basin has no permanent inhabitants, although
Etymology
In 1820, James Clouston, an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company, went down the river to its mouth and named it Caniapuscaw River in his diary and map. In 1828, explorer William Hendry identified it as Canniappuscaw. In 1898, the geologist Albert Peter Low used Kaniapiskau, and by the middle of the 20th century, the current spelling came in use.[3]
The Inuit call the river Adlait Kuunga or Allait Kuunga, meaning "Indian River". It was also known as Wauguash River.[3]
Falls and canyons
Caniapiscau River has several spectacular
- Chute de Facolli - 53°16′35″N 68°18′24″W / 53.27639°N 68.30667°W
- Chute Chambeaux - 53°43′38″N 68°36′52″W / 53.72722°N 68.61444°W
- Upper Gorge - 55°1′34″N 69°39′1″W / 55.02611°N 69.65028°W
- Gorge d'en Bas (Lower Gorge) - 55°30′53″N 68°21′23″W / 55.51472°N 68.35639°W
- Eaton Canyon - 55°33′23″N 68°12′15″W / 55.55639°N 68.20417°W
- Chute au Granite - 55°50′38″N 68°25′18″W / 55.84389°N 68.42167°W
- Chute aux Schistes - 56°44′39″N 69°1′5″W / 56.74417°N 69.01806°W
- Chute de la Pyrite - 57°26′0″N 69°14′33″W / 57.43333°N 69.24250°W
- Chute du Calcaire - 57°28′48″N 69°18′30″W / 57.48000°N 69.30833°W
- Manitou Gorge - 57°33′2″N 69°26′38″W / 57.55056°N 69.44389°W
Tributaries
- Rivière Bras de Fer
- Rivière du Sable
- Goodwood River
- Rivière Sérigny
- Rivière Pons
- Rivière Beurling
- Rivière de la Mort
- Rivière Châteauguay
- Swampy Bay River
- Situraviup River
- Forbes River
References
- ^ ISBN 2-89000-504-6.
- ^ Du Sable-Caniapiscau-Koksoak canoe trip 2009
- ^ a b "Rivière Caniapiscau" (in French). Commission de toponymie du Québec. Retrieved 2010-10-07.