Thlewiaza River
| Thlewiaza | |
|---|---|
| Etymology | Chipewyan: Łuaze, "small fish" + des, "river" |
| Native name | Łuazedes (Chipewyan) |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province/Territory | Manitoba, Nunavut |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Snyder Lake |
| • location | northwestern Manitoba |
| • coordinates | 59°24′12″N 101°34′14″W / 59.40333°N 101.57056°W |
| Mouth | Hudson Bay |
• location | south of Arviat, Nunavut |
• coordinates | 60°28′59″N 94°40′0″W / 60.48306°N 94.66667°W |
| Basin size | 64,399.6 km2 (24,864.8 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 507 cubic metres per second (17,900 cu ft/s)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Windy River |
| Waterbodies | Kasmere Lake, Nueltin Lake, Edehon Lake, Ranger Seal Lake |
The Thlewiaza River is a river in
Canadian Geographical Names Database the river begins at Snyder Lake in northwestern Manitoba.[4] From there the river flows northeast through Kasmere Lake into the southwest end of Nueltin Lake. It exits Nueltin Lake at its northern end in Nunavut and flows 275 kilometres (171 mi) east through Edehon Lake and Ranger Seal Lake before emptying into Hudson Bay.[2][3] Its drainage basin covers an area of 64,399.6 square kilometres (24,864.8 sq mi).[5]
The river's name in
harbour seals at Edehon Lake has been documented and sightings further upstream at Nueltin Lake have also been reported.[2]
The Thlewiaza was first mapped in 1912 by Ernest Oberholtzer and Billy Magee, an Ojibwe trapper.[9] There are no permanent settlements in the area.[3]
References
- ^ Nilsson, Christer; Reidy, Catherine A.; Dynesius, Mats and Revenga Carmen; ‘Fragmentation and Flow Regulation of the World’s Large River Systems’; in Science; 15 April 2005: Vol. 308 no. 5720 pp. 405–408; DOI: 10.1126/science.1107887
- ^ a b c Beck, Brian; Smith, Thomas G.; Mansfield, Arthur W. (1970). "Occurrence of the Harbour Seal, Phoca vitulina, Linnaeus in the Thlewiaza River, N.W.T." The Canadian Field-Naturalist. 84: 297–300.
- ^ ISBN 9780662105107.
- Canadian Geographical Names Database. October 6, 2016. Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- S2CID 8093356.
- ISBN 9781554881581.
- ISBN 978-0-9878616-0-3.
- ^ a b Layman, Bill (October 6, 2016). "Nu-thel-tin-tu-eh and the Thlewiaza River: The Land of the Caribou Inuit and The Barren Ground Caribou Dene". Retrieved March 8, 2018.
- ^ Carroll, Patrick (2001). "Review: The Oberholtzer Foundation, Toward Magnetic North: The Oberholtzer-Magee 1912 Canoe Journey to Hudson Bay". Manitoba History. 41.