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The Kaministiquia River is a Canadian river which empties into western Lake Superior at the city of Thunder Bay. Kaministiquia is an Ojibwe word meaning "river with islands" due to two large islands (McKellar and Mission) at the mouth of the river. The delta has three branches or outlets: the southernmost is known as the Mission River, the central branch as the McKellar River, and the northernmost branch as the Kaministiquia. Residents of the region commonly refer to the river as the "Kam". The three branches of the river at the delta were extensively dredged and widened by the federal Department of Public Works in the early twentieth century to facilitate navigation. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A river is a large natural waterway. ...
The Great Lakes from space; Lake Superior is on the upper left Lake Superior is the largest of North Americas Great Lakes. ...
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Like the Pigeon River, this river was an important part of the water route into western Canada. During the French regime, two fur trading posts were established at the delta (1679 and 1717). The trading post of Fort William was established here in 1803 by the North West Company at the river's mouth. After 1883, the lower Kaministiquia river was heavily industrialized by the Canadian Pacific Railway with railway yards, coal yards and docks, grain elevators, shipping docks, and sawmills. A double-deck bascule bridge (the Jack-knife bridge) was built by the CPR in 1913 to allow trains and vehicles to cross from the mainland to Mission Island (Decommissioned in 2002, replaced by the Island Drive Bridge). The Pigeon River forms part of the border between the State of Minnesota and the Province of Ontario on the north shore of Lake Superior. ...
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Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. ...
1803 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...
The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in the city of Montreal in British North America. ...
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR; AAR reporting marks CP, CPAA, CPI), known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a Canadian Class I railway operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited. ...
Tower Bridge, a double leaf bascule, opening A bascule bridge is a drawbridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span, or leaf, throughout the entire upward swing in providing clearance for boat traffic. ...
Kakabeka Falls located on this river is the largest waterfall in the Lake Superior watershed at a height of 39 metres. Below these falls, the river flows through an extensive floodplain created by an ancient predecessor that flowed through this region following the last ice age. Kakabeka Falls is a waterfall on the Kaministiquia River, just west of the city of Thunder Bay, Ontario. ...
Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ...
The river has been depicted by many prominent Canadian artists such as William Armstrong (1822-1914), Frances Anne Hopkins (The Red River Expedition at Kakabeka Falls, 1877) and Lucius Richard O'Brien (Kakabeka Falls, 1882). William Armstrong was among the first professional artists in Toronto. ...
Lucius Richard OBrien (15 August 1832 – 13 December 1899) was born in Shanty Bay, Ontario and practiced as a civil engineer until he became a professional painter. ...
Tributaries of this river include the:
- Dog River
- Shebandowan River
- Kashabowie River
- Whitefish River
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