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Encyclopedia > Nipigon River

The Nipigon River is about 48 km (30 miles) long and 50 to 200 m (165 to 656 ft) wide in Ontario, Canada. The river drains Lake Nipigon into Nipigon Bay in Lake Superior, dropping from an elevation of 260 m (853 ft) to 183 m (600 ft). Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages None Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total... Lake Nipigon (French : lac Nipigon) is the largest lake entirely within the boundaries of the Canadian province of Ontario and is sometimes described as the sixth Great Lake. ... Lake Superior (known as Gichigami in an Ojibwe language), bounded by Ontario and Minnesota to the north and Wisconsin and Michigan in the south, is the largest of North Americas Great Lakes. ...

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History

The Nipigon River was a thing of legend for the size and quantity of the brook trout that were to be found there. However, four dams built on the Nipigon led to a decline in their population. The four dams are as follows: Binomial name Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill, 1814) The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is a species of fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. ... Scrivener Dam, in Canberra, Australia, was engineered to withstand a once-in-5000-years flood A dam is a barrier across flowing water that obstructs, directs or retards the flow, often creating a reservoir, lake or impoundment. ...

  • Cameron Falls Dam built in 1918
  • Virgin Falls Dam built in 1925
  • Alexander Dam built in 1930
  • Pine Portage Dam built in 1950

Modern uses

Three hydroelectric dams, Cameron Falls Dam, Alexander Dam, and Pine Portage Dam on the Nipigon provided 2,144 gigawatt-hours in 2000[1]. The river is also a popular fishing destination. A Hydroelectric Dam converts a River into a Large Reservoir and transforms the potential energy of the river into Electrical Power. ... The watt-hour (symbol W·h) is a unit of energy. ...


See Also

See also: Rivers in Canada Tributaries of Hudson Bay Rivers in Canada alphabetically Rivers of the Americas This is the list of rivers situated which flow through Ontario. ... Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is a public company whose shares are wholly owned by the Government of Ontario. ...

References

  1. ^ [http://www.ontarioparks.com/english/planning_pdf/laken_chap2.pdf Lake Nipigon Conservation Reserve Resource Management Plan].

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  Results from FactBites:
 
Lake Nipigon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (738 words)
Lake Nipigon (French : lac Nipigon) is the largest lake entirely within the boundaries of the Canadian province of Ontario and is sometimes described as the sixth Great Lake.
The Township of Nipigon was incorporated in 1908.
The diversion connects the upper portion of the Ogoki River to Lake Nipigon.
Great Lakes Lake Sturgeon - Ontario MNR Lake Superior MU Activities (1291 words)
This majority of the river is deep and meandering, with a slow base gradient and an average depth of 2.5m.
Above this, the river consists of a stretch approximately 5.2 km in length, comprised of a pool-riffle complex containing large amounts of cobble and gravel.
Nipigon River lake sturgeon did not exhibit any interpretable movement as both fish were recaptured the day after tagging in the same location.
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