Kenogami River
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| Kenogami River | |
| River | |
| Name origin: "long water" in the Cree language | |
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Province | Ontario |
| District | Thunder Bay Cochrane |
| Source | |
| Mouth | Albany River |
| - elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| - coordinates | 51°06′22″N 84°28′54″W / 51.10611°N 84.48167°W |
| Length | 320 km (199 mi) |
The Kenogami River is a river in Thunder Bay and Cochrane districts, Ontario, Canada, which flows north from Long Lake near Longlac to join the Albany River which empties into James Bay. The river is 320 kilometres (199 mi) in length. In 1948, the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, now Ontario Power Generation, built the Kenogami Lake Dam (49°55′03″N 86°29′20″W / 49.9175°N 86.48889°W[1]) to divert this river's headwaters to empty through the Aguasabon River into Lake Superior. A watershed of almost 4,400 square kilometres (1,699 sq mi) was diverted from James Bay to the Great Lakes drainage system.
Kenogami means "long water" in the Cree language.
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[edit] References
- ^ "OPG's Evolving Relationship with Aboriginal Peoples" (PDF). PowerNews (Ontario Power Generation) 10 (14): p. 11. 2008-09-12. http://www.opg.com/employees/ambassador/pnews/2008-09-12%20-%20PowerNews.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-06-23.
- "Topographic Map sheets 42E, 42K, 42L, 42N". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 2006-02-06. http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map/. Retrieved on 2009-06-23.
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