Kaministiquia River - Citizendia

The Kaministiquia River (IPA: /ˌkæmɪˈnɪstɪkwa/) is a Canadian river which empties into western Lake Superior at the city of Thunder Bay. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there Lake Superior is the largest of the five Great Lakes of North America. Thunder Bay ( 2006 census population 109140 formerly the twin cities of Fort William and Port Arthur, is a City in and the seat of Thunder 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. A delta is a Landform where the mouth of a River flows into an Ocean, Sea, Estuary, Lake or another river 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. The Pigeon River forms part of the US - Canada border between the State of Minnesota and the Province of Ontario west of Lake Superior Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page During the French regime, two fur trading posts were established at the delta (1679 (Fort Caministigoyan) and 1717 (Fort Kaministiquia)). Year 1717 ( MDCCXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Fort Kaministiquia, located in what is now northwestern Ontario, Canada, was founded in 1717 by French merchants led by Daniel Greysolon Dulhut, and was The trading post of Fort William was established here in 1803 by the North West Company at the river's mouth. Fort William was a city in Northern Ontario, located on the Kaministiquia River, at its entrance to Lake Superior. 1803 ( MDCCCIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a For the grocery chain see The North West Company. The North West Company was a fur trading business headquartered in Montreal 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 Canadian Pacific Railway ( 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. The Jackknife (or Jack-knife) Bascule Bridge spanning the Kaministiquia River at Thunder Bay Ontario, Canada, linking the city

Kakabeka Falls located on this river is the largest waterfall in the Lake Superior watershed at a height of 39 metres. Kakabeka Falls (ˈkɛkəˈbɛkə is a Waterfall on the Kaministiquia River, located beside the village of Kakabeka Falls in the municipality of Oliver Paipoonge 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. An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the Temperature of the Earth 's surface and atmosphere resulting in an expansion of continental Ice sheets

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). William Armstrong was among the first professional artists in Toronto Frances Anne Hopkins, (February 2 1838 &ndash – March 5 1919 daughter of Frederick William Beechey was born in England and had a talent for painting Lucius Richard O'Brien ( 15 August 1832 &ndash 13 December 1899) was an influential 19th century Canadian oil and

Tributaries of this river include the:

Dog River
Shebandowan River
Kashabowie River
Whitefish River

See also