Churchill River
Churchill River and waterfalls, Labrador
Origin	Smallwood Reservoir, Labrador
Mouth	Atlantic Ocean
Basin countries	Canada
Length	856 km (532 mi)
Source elevation	1,550 m (5,086 ft)
Avg. discharge	7,000 m³/s (247,240 ft³/s)
Basin area	79,800 km² (30,811 mi²)

Churchill river newfoundland and churchill falls

The Churchill River (French: fleuve Churchill) is a river in Newfoundland and Labrador which flows east from the Smallwood Reservoir in Labrador into the Atlantic Ocean via Lake Melville. The river is 856 km long and drains an area of 79,800 km². It was named Hamilton River until 1965. Churchill River and waterfalls Churchill Falls (Labrador) Corporation File links The following pages link to this file: Churchill River (Atlantic) Categories: GFDL images ... This article is about the region in Canada. ... The Smallwood Reservoir is a large reservoir located in the western part of Labrador in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... This article is about the region in Canada. ... A drainage basin is the area within the drainage basin divide (yellow outline), and drains the surface runoff and river discharge (blue lines) of a contiguous area. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... In hydrology, the discharge of a river is the volume of water transported by it in a certain amount of time. ... watershed of the Churchill River File links The following pages link to this file: Churchill River (Atlantic) User:Geo Swan Categories: Images with unknown source ... watershed of the Churchill River File links The following pages link to this file: Churchill River (Atlantic) User:Geo Swan Categories: Images with unknown source ... Motto: Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei (Latin: Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Official languages English and French Flower Purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Capital St. ... The Smallwood Reservoir is a large reservoir located in the western part of Labrador in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... This article is about the region in Canada. ... Lake Melville is a tidal extension of Hamilton Inlet on the Labrador coast in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. ... To help compare orders of magnitude; this page lists lengths between 100 and 1,000 km (105 and 106 m). ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 10,000 km² and 100,000 km². ...

Churchill Falls is the site of a major hydroelectric project, which has a rated capacity of 5,428 MW. Other hydroelectric plants on the river are planned bringing the total to over 9,200 MW. The Churchill Falls development has become a source of friction between two Canadian provinces. The province of Newfoundland and Labrador believes that, although the project is located in Labrador, Hydro-Québec, which provided a major part of the financing and access to the North American power grid, has taken an unfair share of the profits from this development. Hydro-Québec buys power from the Churchill Falls project at rates established in 1969. Churchill Falls, Labrador, Canada Churchill Falls are spectacular waterfalls, 245 ft (75 m) high, on the Churchill River in Labrador, Canada. ... Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... Motto: Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei (Latin: Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Official languages English and French Flower Purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) Capital St. ... This article is about the region in Canada. ... Hydro-Québec is a crown corporation that provides hydroelectric power for Quebec, Canada and the north-eastern parts of the United States. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Transmission towers Transmission lines in Lund, Sweden Electric power transmission, or more accurately Electrical energy transmission, is the second process in the delivery of electricity to consumers. ... Churchill Falls, Labrador, Canada Churchill Falls are spectacular waterfalls, 245 ft (75 m) high, on the Churchill River in Labrador, Canada. ... 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ...

This river was originally known as "Mishtashipu" or "Grand River", by the Innu. In 1839, John MacLean named it the Hamilton River after Sir Charles Hamilton, who was Governor of Newfoundland from 1818 to 1825. In 1965, it was renamed to honour former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Sir Winston Churchill on February 1, 1965. The Innu are the indigenous inhabitants of an area they refer to as Nitassinan, which comprises most of the Quebec-Labrador peninsula in Eastern Canada. ... Sir Charles Hamilton (May 25, 1767 – September 14, 1849) was a British naval officer and governor of Newfoundland. ... 1818 (MDCCCXVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar. ... 1825 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the head of Her Majestys Government and so exercises many of the executive functions nominally vested in the Sovereign, who is head of state. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC(Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English statesman and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ... February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

External links

• Canadian Council for Geographic Education page with a series of articles on the history of the Churchill River