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Encyclopedia > Eastmain River

The Eastmain River is a river in northwestern Quebec which rises in north central Quebec and flows 800 km west to drain into James Bay. This river drains an area of 46,400 km². During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... To help compare orders of magnitude; this page lists lengths between 100 and 1,000 km (105 and 106 m). ... James Bay is a large body of water on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. ... To help compare orders of magnitude of different geographical regions, we list here areas between 10,000 km² and 100,000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...


The river has been extensively developed as a source of hydroelectric power by Hydro Quebec. Almost all of the flow in the lower section of the river has been diverted north to feed hydroelectric plants on La Grande River. The reservoir created by the damming of the river is expected to cover an area of 603 km² by 2006. 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. ... Categories: Companies of Canada | Public Utilities | Stub ... To help compare different orders of magnitude and geographical regions, we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km². See also areas of other orders of magnitude. ...


The First Nations community of Eastmain, Quebec is located at the mouth of the river. First Nations is the current title used by Canada to describe the various societies of the indigenous peoples, called Native Americans in the U.S. They have also been known as Indians, Native Canadians, Aboriginal Americans, Amer-Indians, or Aboriginals, and are officially called Indians in the Indian Act, which...


The river was named after the Hudson's Bay Company's East Main District which was located east and south of Hudson Bay. One of their first trading posts was established at Eastmain in 1685. The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC) (TSX: HBC) is the oldest corporation in Canada (and North America) and is one of the oldest in the world still in existence. ... Hudson Bay is a large body of water in northeastern Canada. ... The fur trade was a huge part in the early economic development of North America. ...


See Also

The James Bay Project is the construction of a massive hydroelectric generation system in northwestern Quebec. ...

External Link

  • Hydro Quebec Eastman-1 Project

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James Bay Project - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1377 words)
The natural ebb and flow of the La Grande and Eastmain rivers had been severely modified, notably delaying the formation of a solid ice cover in winter near the Cree communities, and several traditional hunting territories were lost to the rising waters of the reservoirs.
Most of the waters of the Eastmain River and roughly half the waters of the Caniapiscau River were diverted to the La Grande River watershed and several very large reservoirs were created.
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 death by drowning of 10,000 caribou in September 1984 (about 1,5% of the herd).
Eastmain River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (166 words)
The Eastmain River is a river in northwestern Quebec which rises in north central Quebec and flows 800 km west to drain into James Bay.
The reservoir created by the damming of the river is expected to cover an area of 603 km² by 2006.
The river was named after the Hudson's Bay Company's East Main District which was located east and south of Hudson Bay.
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