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James Bay (French: Baie James, [3] ... Since 1971, the government of Quebec has built hydroelectric dams on rivers in the James Bay watershed, notably La Grande and ...
The spillway of the Robert-Bourassa Dam (formerly La Grande-2) The James Bay Project (French: projet de la Baie-James) refers to the construction of a series of hydroelectric power stations on the La Grande River in northwestern Quebec, Canada by state-owned utility Hydro-Québec, and the diversion of neighbouring rivers into the La Grande watershed.
Map of GRAND (left) compared with map of the North American Water and Power Alliance (right), a continental water management scheme of similar scale Map of North America showing fresh water runoff. Note that 20% of the runoff flows into Hudson-James Bay where less than 1% of the population live.
Toggle James Bay watershed subsection. 1.1 James Bay. 1.1.1 Rivers flowing into James Bay, listed from south to north. 1.1.1.1 Tributaries of La Grande River.
2 Watershed. 3 Natural history. 4 Geology. 5 ... The James Bay Winter Road that connects Moosonee and Attawapiskat crosses the Kapiskau ... Map 17 (PDF) (Map). 1 : ...
Hudson Bay – list of rivers by major watershed (west to east) Nelson River Hudson Bay James Bay; Berens River. Whitefish River (Berens River tributary)
For much of its length, the river defines the boundary between Kenora District and Thunder Bay & Cochrane Districts. There are three diversions in the Albany River watershed, all diverting water from the James Bay drainage basin and all undertaken as part of hydroelectric projects.
Rivers around James Bay. Marking shows a possible water diversion and is close to the route south from Moose Factory. The Hudson's Bay Company began establishing posts on the Bay in 1668. Unlike the French-Canadians, the English were usually content to sit on the coast and let the Indians bring furs to them.