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The Churchill River (French: Rivière Churchill) [1] [3] is a major river in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, Canada. From the head of the Churchill Lake it is 1,609 kilometres (1,000 mi) long. [ 2 ] It was named after John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough and governor of the Hudson's Bay Company from 1685 to 1691.
The Smallwood Reservoir is the reservoir created for the Churchill Falls Generating Station in the western part of Labrador, Canada.Unlike other reservoirs, water is contained not by a single large dam, but by a series of 88 dikes that total 64 km (40 mi) in length in the drainage area of the Churchill River. [2]
The Churchill River, formerly known by other names, is a river in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. It flows east from the Smallwood Reservoir into the Atlantic Ocean via Lake Melville . The river is 856 km (532 mi) long and drains an area of 79,800 km 2 (30,800 sq mi), making it the longest river in Atlantic Canada .
The Churchill River flows through the lake. The community of South Indian Lake is located on the southeast shore, about 130 kilometres (81 mi) (by air) north of the city of Thompson . It had a population of 767 in 2011 and is the main settlement of the O-Pipon-Na-Piwin Cree Nation , a First Nations band government .
Jointly harnessing the water increased the flow of the Nelson River by 40%, while the flow of the Burntwood River is now 9 times pre-diversion levels. [6] In 1973 Manitoba Hydro was granted an interim licence to divert 850 m 3 /s (30,000 cu ft/s) of water from the Churchill River. [7] Construction began the same year and finished in 1976.
The provincial and federal government agreed to a combined review process that would fulfill the requirements of both levels of government, resulting in the formation of a Joint Review Panel. In 2010, the focus shifted to Muskrat Falls only. The environmental assessment for the transmission lines was done separately and was conducted in 2013.
A shipwreck has emerged along the banks of the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as water levels plummet — threatening to reach record lows in some areas. The ship, which ...
Churchill River may refer to: Churchill River (Hudson Bay), which runs through Saskatchewan and Manitoba and drains into Hudson Bay Little Churchill River, in Manitoba and a tributary of the Churchill River; Churchill River (Atlantic), which drains the Smallwood Reservoir in Labrador into the Atlantic Ocean via Lake Melville