Attawapiskat River (original) (raw)
- MLA 8TH EDITION
- Marsh, James H.. "Attawapiskat River". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 31 October 2014, Historica Canada. www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/attawapiskat-river. Accessed 22 October 2024.
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- APA 6TH EDITION
- Marsh, J. (2014). Attawapiskat River. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/attawapiskat-river
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- CHICAGO 17TH EDITION
- Marsh, James H.. "Attawapiskat River." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 06, 2006; Last Edited October 31, 2014.
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- TURABIAN 8TH EDITION
- The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Attawapiskat River," by James H. Marsh, Accessed October 22, 2024, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/attawapiskat-river
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Published Online February 6, 2006
Last Edited October 31, 2014
Attawapiskat River, 748 km long, formed by the confluence of the Pineimuta, Trading and Otoskwin rivers at Attawapiskat Lake, in northeastern Ontario, flows east, jogs north and runs east to the flatland by James Bay. Its drainage area is 50 200 km2 and its mean discharge 626 m3/s.
Attawapiskat River, 748 km long, formed by the confluence of the Pineimuta, Trading and Otoskwin rivers at Attawapiskat Lake, in northeastern Ontario, flows east, jogs north and runs east to the flatland by James Bay. Its drainage area is 50 200 km2 and its mean discharge 626 m3/s. Its mouth, mired in bog and marsh, is a migratory stopover for great numbers of ducks and geese. The whole course is largely uninhabited except for a few trading posts and the small Cree settlement of Attawapiskat at the river mouth. The name, from the Algonquian atawabiskat meaning "rock bottom," refers to its limestone bed, once the bottom of an ancient sea.