Romaine River
The Rivière Romaine (English Romaine River) is a river in the region Côte- Nord, Québec, Canada.
It has a length of 496 km. He is not to be confused with the 220 km long river Rivière Olomane that runs east of the river and for a long time had the same name.
The Rivière Romaine has its source on the watershed between the Atlantic and St. Lawrence River and Saint Lawrence Gulf. It first flows through a chain of lakes, including lakes Long, Marc, Lac Brûlé, Lavoie, Anderson and Lozeau. This section of the river is located in the disputed border between the provinces of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador region. Then his way in a southerly direction runs before he accomplishes just off the coast a sharp bend to the west, and flows through a wetland. The river ultimately flows into the Jacques Cartier Strait, which is part of the St. Lawrence Gulf, opposite the Mingan Archipelago.
The name Romaine, in use since the end of the 19th century, is a French adaptation of the Native American concept Ouraman or Ulaman, as he was held by Jean -Baptiste -Louis Franquelin in 1685 while Jacques -Nicolas Bellin the name Ramane used on his map of 1744.
Inflows
Important tributaries of the river Rivière Romaine are ( in upstream direction ):
- Rivière Puyjalon Rivière Allard
- Rivière Ouest Garneau
Hydropower
The Rivière Romaine is accessed instantly by Hydro -Québec for the use of hydropower. Construction of a hydropower plant with four rockfill dams, a 150 km long access road was 2009. Has been assumed a construction period of 11 and a cost of 6.5 billion CAD. The project was referred to as the largest construction project in Canada and is about 2000 people deal between 2012 and 2016.
The final project includes four new hydropower plants with a total capacity of more than 1550 MW and an annual output of 7.5 TWh:
Due to the construction work - especially Romaine -1 - Waterfalls are like the Grande Chute disappear at ( ⊙ 50.386961-63.251899 ) by damming the river in the future. Due to the congestion measures, the use of the river for canoeing is restricted in the future.
Fauna
The Rivière Romaine is home to the Atlantic salmon upriver travels 52 km to the Grande Chute. Other species are the brook trout ( comes on the entire stretch of river before ), the American lake trout (in most lakes) and the internal shape of the salmon ( upstream from the Grande Chute ).