Otonabee River

Otonabee River in Peterborough (Ontario)

View over the river Otonobee in Peterborough (Ontario). In the background the campus of Trent University, on the right Faryon Bridge

Look at the Faryon Bridge

Otonabee River is a river in the Canadian province of Ontario.

It forms the outlet of Lake Katchewanooka at Lakefield. It flows in a southerly direction. He flows through the east of Peterborough ( with a distance of 150 m from the city center) and the local Little Lake. It flows for another 30 km to the south. He eventually empties into the northwestern part of the Rice Lake, which is drained by the Trent River to Lake Ontario through. The total length of the Otonabee River is 55 km.

In the Ojibwe language of the river Odoonabii - ziibi means ( " Tullibee River "). " Tullibee " is another name for the American vendace (Coregonus Artedi ).

The banks of the Otonabee River sections are often plagued by floods following heavy rainfall events. For example, fell on 15 July 2004 in some places 240 mm within 24 hours. The Trent University owns and operates a hydroelectric power station on the river.

Cow Iceland is located west of the mouth of the Otonabee River an island in Rice Lake.

Use

The river is part of the Trent -Severn Waterway, which connects Lake Ontario with Lake Huron. There are a number of locks along the river. These allow the boat ride from Rice Lake Otonabee River upstream to the Katchewanooka Lake and on to the Kawartha Lakes.

At the Otonabee River are several hydroelectric power plants:

The Lakefield power plant in Lakefield delivers with a 2 MW turbine. Some former power plant sites to the dams of the river system were abandoned.

The Auburn- power plant in Peterborough provides with 3 units a capacity of 2 MW.

The London Street power plant in Peterborough provides with three Francis turbines and a drop height of 8.5 m is a power of 4.1 MW.