The Portage Diversion (49°56′48″N, 98°20′06″W)is a water control structure on the Assiniboine River in Manitoba, Canada. The project was done as part of a larger attempt to prevent flooding in the Red River Valley. The Portage Diversion diverts some of the flow of water in the Assiniboine River to to a 29 km long diversion channel that empties into Lake Manitoba. This helps prevent flooding on the Assinboine down river from the diversion, including in Winnipeg, where the Assiniboine River meets the Red River. Junction of the Assiniboine and Red rivers in downtown Winnipeg. ... Motto: Gloriosus et Liber (Latin: Glorious and free) Official languages English (French is an official language of the Manitoban legislature and courts) Capital Winnipeg Largest city Winnipeg Lieutenant-Governor John Harvard Premier Gary Doer (NDP) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 14 6 Area Total • Land • Water (% of total) Ranked... The Red River Valley is a region in central North America that is drained by the Red River of the North. ... Lake Manitoba is a large (4,624 sq. ... Motto: Unum Cum Virtute Multorum (One With the Strength of Many) Area: 465. ... See also the Red River disambiguation page. ...
The diversion cost $20.5 million dollars to construct. It was completed in 1970. The control dam is 35 feet high and 1,400 feet long. It has 2 gates that allows 14,600 acre-foot storage (14,600 acres of land under one foot of water).
The Red River Floodway is an artificial flood control waterway in Canada first used in 1969. ... The Shellmouth Reservoir (, ) in Manitoba, Canada was completed in 1972 as part of a diversion project to prevent flooding of the Red River Valley. ...
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