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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.
In 1967, the Manitoba Development Authority received assessment studies related to the inevitable relocation of the South Indian Lake community due to planned flooding caused by Manitoba Hydro's Churchill River Diversion (CRD) which would divert water into the Nelson River at Southern Indian Lake. This would flood the area around the southeast ...
Kississing Lake is a lake in northwestern Manitoba, Canada, approximately 30 kilometres (19 mi) northeast of Flin Flon. [1] The Kississing River drains it northeast into Flatrock Lake on the Churchill River. The community of Sherridon is on its eastern shores, and the Kississing Lake Indian Reserve is on the western side. [3]
Manitoba: Region: Northern: Physical characteristics; ... The Little Churchill River is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in Northern Manitoba, Canada. [1] [2 ...
Southern Indian Lake is the fourth largest lake in Manitoba. It has a complex shoreline with many islands, long peninsulas and deep bays. [5] 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.
Much of the Churchill River, which flows west to east, is a series of interconnected lakes [3] [4] referred to as the Churchill River System. Black Bear Island Lake's inflow is from the adjoining Kinosaskaw Lake while its outflow is into Trout Lake. [5] The outflow is marked by Birch Falls and Birch Portage. [6]
Churchill is a subarctic port town in northern Manitoba, Canada, on the west shore of Hudson Bay, roughly 140 km (87 mi) from the Manitoba–Nunavut border. It is most famous for the many polar bears that move toward the shore from inland in the autumn, leading to the nickname "Polar Bear Capital of the World" and to the benefit of its burgeoning tourism industry.
The project included the Churchill River Diversion, which directly affected Nisichawayasihk members living at Nelson House and at South Indian Lake. Consequently, large areas of traditional hunting, fishing and trapping lands were flooded. The people of South Indian Lake were forcibly relocated to their current location.