Muskrat Falls
Muskrat Falls was a natural 15-metre (49 ft) waterfall located on the Churchill River about 25 kilometres (16 mi) west of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.
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It is rumored[according to whom?] that in 1944 the crew of a German submarine had beached it at the falls when they decided to withdraw from World War II.[citation needed] The rumour inspired a novel by Walter Sellars, Hard Aground published in 1992,[4] but was thought to be unsupported. In 2010, coast guards searching for three men who died after being carried over Muskrat Falls found a 30-metre-long (98 ft) object on the bottom of the Churchill River, believed by diver Brian Corbin to be the missing U-boat.[5] However, examination of historical records shows this to be unlikely, and the sonar images were quite grainy.[6]
53°14′44″N 60°46′17″W / 53.24556°N 60.77139°W[7]
See also
- List of waterfalls of Canada
- Lower Churchill Project
References
- ^ "Scientists back Inuit in efforts to limit mercury poisoning risk from Muskrat Falls hydro project - Technology & Science - CBC News". Cbc.ca. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ "Not just Muskrat Falls: Harvard study identifies higher health risk in 11 other hydro projects - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News". Cbc.ca. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ Olsen, Deidre (December 7, 2018). "How Activists Are Resisting a Megadam That Threatens 'Cultural Genocide'". Vice. Retrieved June 14, 2021.
- ^ Kelly, Ann (October 1992). "Book Review: Hard Aground". CM Archive. 20 (5). Archived from the original on January 24, 2020.
- ^ "German U-boat may be at bottom of Labrador river", CBC News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, July 25, 2012, retrieved July 27, 2012
- ^ Hopper, Tristan (April 19, 2013). "Group on mission to prove there is truth in legends that Nazi submarines went far inland from Canadian coast". National Post. Retrieved June 15, 2021.
- ^ "GeoNames Query -Muskrat Falls: Query Record Details". Natural Resources Canada. Government of Canada. November 9, 2008. Archived from the original on June 8, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2008.
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