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Rivers on this list shown on a map of Canada The Mackenzie River is the longest stream in Canada if measured from its mouth on the Beaufort Sea to the headwaters of the Finlay River, a major upstream tributary. The main stem, a much shorter segment of the Mackenzie, is marked in dark blue.
Located along the Ottawa River, it lies about 200 kilometres (120 mi) north-west of Ottawa on the Trans-Canada Highway. Deep River is opposite the Laurentian Mountains and the Province of Quebec. The name "Deep River" purportedly derives from the notion that the Ottawa River reaches its greatest depth of 402 feet (123 m) just outside the township.
The river was the setting for the Canadian television drama series Seaway. It is the namesake of Saint-Laurent Herald. In 1980, Jacques Cousteau filmed Cries from the Deep and St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea. [52] The 1993 Canadian animated short film The Mighty River was about the river.
Yellowknife, Hay River, Behchokǫ̀, Fort Resolution, Łutselk'e, Hay River Reserve, Dettah, Ndilǫ 1 Shore length is not a well-defined measure . Great Slave Lake [ 1 ] [ a ] is the second-largest lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada (after Great Bear Lake ), the deepest lake in North America at 614 m (2,014 ft), [ 2 ] and the tenth ...
The Fraser River is known for the fishing of white sturgeon, all five species of Pacific salmon (chinook, coho, chum, pink, sockeye), as well as steelhead trout. The Fraser River is also the largest producer of salmon in Canada. [25] A typical white sturgeon catch can average about 500 pounds (230 kg). [26]
It stretches 89 km (55 mi) from its head at the mouth of the short 18 km (11 mi) Skwawka River to its opening into the Strait of Georgia near Texada Island. It is the deepest fjord on the British Columbia coast with a maximum depth of 670 m (2,200 ft). [1] The inlet is made up of three arms or reaches: Prince of Wales Reach; Princess Royal Reach
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St. Lawrence River Estuary stretches from west to east for 655 km, from the outlet of Lake Saint Pierre to Pointe-des-Monts, [1] where it becomes the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in Quebec, Canada. The estuary is divided into 3 parts: the fluvial estuary , the middle estuary and the maritime estuary .