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CHURCHILL (MISSINNIPPI or ENGLISH)

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 347 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHR-CLI
CHURCHILL (MISSINNIPPI or ENGLISH) , the name of a river of the province of Saskatchewan and
district
  of
Keewatin
 , Canada. It rises in La Loche (or Methy) lake, a small lake in 56 30' N. and ao9 30' W., at an altitude of 1577 ft. above the sea, and flows E.N.E. to
Hudson
 's Bay, passing through a number of lake expansions. Its
principal
  tributaries are the Beaver (350 M.
long
 ), Sandy and
Reindeer
  rivers. Between
Frog
  and Methy portages (480 m.) it formed
part
  of the old voyageur route to the Peace,
Athabasca
 , and Mackenzie. It is still navigated by canoes, but has many rapids. Its
principal
  affluent, the
Reindeer
 , discharges the waters of Reindeer Lake (1150 ft. above the sea, with an area of 2490 sq. m.) and Wollaston Lake (altitude, 1300ft.). The Churchill is 925 M.
long
 . Fort Churchill, at its mouth, is the best harbour in the southern portion of
Hudson
 's Bay. The
portage
  of La Loche (or Methy), Ili M. in length, connects its head waters with the Clearwater river, a tributary of the
Athabasca
 , draining into the Arctic Ocean.


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