Everything about The Kaministiquia River totally explained
The
Kaministiquia River is a
Canadian river which empties into western
Lake Superior at the city of
Thunder Bay.
Kaministiquia (
Gaa-ministigweyaa) is an
Ojibwe word meaning "(river) with islands" due to two large islands (McKellar and Mission) at the mouth of the river. The
delta has three branches or outlets: the southernmost is known as the
Mission River, the central branch as the
McKellar River, and the northernmost branch as the Kaministiquia. Residents of the region commonly refer to the river as the "Kam". The three branches of the river at the delta were extensively dredged and widened by the federal Department of Public Works in the early twentieth century to facilitate navigation.
Like the
Pigeon River, this river was an important part of the water route into western
Canada. During the French regime, two fur trading posts were established at the delta (
1679 (Fort Caministigoyan) and
1717 (
Fort Kaministiquia)). The trading post of
Fort William was established here in
1803 by the
North West Company at the river's mouth. After 1883, the lower Kaministiquia river was heavily industrialized by the
Canadian Pacific Railway with railway yards, coal yards and docks, grain elevators, shipping docks, and sawmills. The double-deck
Jackknife Bascule Bridge was built by the CPR in 1913 to allow trains and vehicles to cross from the mainland to Mission Island.
Kakabeka Falls located on this river is the largest waterfall in the Lake Superior watershed at a height of 39 metres. Below these falls, the river flows through an extensive floodplain created by an ancient predecessor that flowed through this region following the last
ice age.
The river has been depicted by many prominent Canadian artists such as
William Armstrong (1822-1914),
Frances Anne Hopkins (The Red River Expedition at Kakabeka Falls, 1877) and
Lucius Richard O'Brien (Kakabeka Falls, 1882).
Tributaries of this river include the:
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