Caniapiscau River

Eaton Canyon

Limestone Falls

Dry river bed of the Rivière Caniapiscau near Lower Gorge

Catchment area of ​​the Rivière Koksoak in yellow. Conversely Guided catchment area of ​​Rivière Caniapiscau in orange

The Rivière Caniapiscau is a source of the river Rivière Koksoak in the administrative regions of Côte -Nord and Nord -du -Québec of the Canadian province of Quebec. In the Cree language, the river name " Rocky Point " means.

The river had originally ( before the establishment of Caniapiscau dam and draining the water) originates in Lac Sevestre 53 km southwest of Fermont on the Canadian Shield. The Rivière Caniapiscau flows below the dam Caniapiscau north through a wide forested valley of glacial origin, before it unites with the Rivière aux Mélèzes to Rivière Koksoak.

Since 1985, the headwaters of the Rivière Caniapiscau is diverted under the James Bay hydroelectric project on the river La Grande Rivière. On 13 June 1997, the section of the river above the Caniapiscau Reservoir was renamed René- Lévesque Rivière. Now 45 percent of the amount of water flowing to the James Bay. The Caniapiscau Reservoir, which covers an area of 4300 square kilometers covered ( or nine times the size of the original Lac Caniapiscau ), a depression filled in the highest part of the Canadian Shield. Before forwarding to the James Bay was the catchment area of ​​84,500 km ² Caniapiscau Rivière, its average discharge 1700 m³ / s

Waterfalls and canyons

Riverside Rivière Caniapiscau are several spectacular canyons and waterfalls:

  • Chute de Facolli - ⊙ 53.276388888889-68.306666666667
  • Chute Cham Beaux - ⊙ 53.727222222222-68.614444444444
  • Upper Gorge - ⊙ 55.026111111111-69.650277777778
  • Gorge d' en Bas ( Lower Gorge ) - ⊙ 55.514722222222-68.356388888889
  • Eaton Canyon - ⊙ 55.556388888889-68.204166666667
  • Chute au Granite - ⊙ 55.843888888889-68.421666666667
  • Chute aux Schistes - ⊙ 56.744166666667-69.018055555556
  • Chute de la Pyrite - ⊙ 57.433333333333-69.2425
  • Chute du Calcaire - ⊙ 57.48-69.308333333333
  • Manitou Gorge - ⊙ 57.550555555556-69.443888888889

Inflows

  • Rivière Bras de Fer
  • Rivière du Sable
  • Rivière Goodwood
  • Rivière Sérigny
  • Rivière Pons
  • Rivière Beurling
  • Rivière de la Mort
  • Rivière Châteauguay
  • Rivière Swampy Bay
  • Rivière Situraviup
  • Rivière Forbes
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