Lake Winnipeg, the last remains of glacial Lake Agassiz, is the 10th largest lake in the world by surface area. It lies on the boundary between the Interior Plains and the Southwestern Canadian Shield. Up to five and a half million people rely on the health of Lake Winnipeg. The lake is an economic powerhouse that supports a $100 million a year tourism industry and a $25 million a year fishing industry (Halter, 2007). Furthermore, more than 23,000 permanent residents live in 30 communities along the shores of Lake Winnipeg, including 11 First Nations communities. Seven Manitoba Provincial Parks are located on the south basin of Lake Winnipeg including Hecla/Grindstone, Beaver Creek, Camp Morton, Winnipeg Beach, Elk Island, and Grand Beach. Lake Winnipeg consists of a shallow, southern basin and larger, deeper north basin. The two …show more content…
This ratio makes Lake Winnipeg more susceptible to excessive nutrient levels, leading to massive algal blooms and lake-wide eutrophication. Nutrient entry points include the Winnipeg River from the east, The Saskatchewan River from the west, the Red River from the south, and precipitation. The largest source of total phosphorus (68% total phosphorus load) and nitrogen (34% total nitrogen load) to Lake Winnipeg is the Red River, followed by the Winnipeg River as second largest. Approximately 60% of phosphorus and 54% of nitrogen that enters the lake through these tributaries and precipitation is retained. The only major outflow point is the Nelson River from the northeast. The Nelson River allows approximately 2500 tonnes of phosphorus to flow out of the lake, and has been used for electric power generation since 1976 (LWF, 2011). Elevated nutrient concentrations at the southern end of Lake Winnipeg are most likely a result of the nutrient-rich inflow of the Red River, with phosphorus concentrations being almost three times higher in the south
The Red Deer River is a major tributary of the South Saskatchewan. Lake Diefenbaker is Saskatchewan was created as a reservoir when the Gardiner and Qu’Appelle dams were created to slow the river flow. Those dams create 19% of the power generated by SaskPower. While the river flows north through Saskatoon it will join up with the North Saskatchewan River creating the Saskatchewan River. It joins at the Saskatchewan River Forks.
Since Texas did not have many lakes people took it into their own hands to build lakes in the state. One of these lakes is called Joe Pool Lake which is in Southern Dallas. This lake took more than 25 years of planning and over a decade of construction (Joe Pool Lake 2008). The lake opened in 1989 and became one of the most popular destinations in Dallas (Joe Pool Lake 2008). The lake includes things such as lake parks, camping, boat ramps, marinas, hunting, and fishing. This is a great place for both residents and tourists. You can see the beauty of the natural geography and enjoy the man-made geography. It has a surface area of 7,400 acres when full and has over 60 miles of shoreline (joe Pool Lake 2008). This man-made location is great for
Winnipogo is the Lake Monster of Lake Winnipegosis in Manitoba, Canada. The first sighting of the creature dates back to 1909, when a report of a “huge creature traveling at a speed of about two miles per hour,” was made by Valintine Mackay. Sightings since have described the creature has being over twenty feet long and serpent-like in appearance. One sighting, in 1935, even reported the creature had a horn on its head.
To assess and analysis the long term trends and seasonal trends of Phosphorus in relation to the lakes system within the catchments.
Bradbury’s (1967) dissertation research was the first comprehensive study of Zuni Salt Lake maar. Based on a radiocarbon age of 22.9 ± 1.4 ka 14C yr BP (Haynes et al., 1967) on aquatic, calcareous algae from Zuni Salt Lake lacustrine deposits 15 m above the present lake level, he concluded that the Zuni Salt Lake maar formed during the late Pleistocene. This single date provided a maximum age for the Zuni Salt Lake maar but has long been viewed as suspect because of probable hardwater carbon-reservoir effects. Subsequent argon dating of Zuni Salt Lake volcanic rocks resulted in low-resolution plateau ages of 114 ± 38 ka and 86 ± 31 ka (McIntosh and Cather, 1994).
The Lake Winnipesaukee is the largest lake in the state of New Hampshire. This is a really popular spring and summer destination for residents of the big cities nearby such as New York City and Boston. Although the Lake Winnipesaukee is a glacial lake, there are no glacier anymore in the lake and its 258 islands.
Lake Louise, located in Alberta, is surrounded by beautiful scenery, and is a stunning sight to see in itself. The cold deep blue water melted from mountain glaciers fills the oval lake and shines as the sun's rays kiss its smooth surface. The lake is surrounded by a park and several mountains. Three enormously high mountains can be viewed from the park; the mountain on the left is fully covered with tall pine trees, while the mountain on the right has some pine trees and lush-green grass, however, most of its muddy surface is naked under the sun. A very massive mountain is placed behind the two mountains and is the source of the lake's fresh water. The park found on the Lakeshore is a part of the Ski Resort behind it. Cement pathways shine
Wikapedia.org says that The lake is shared by the province of Ontario to the north in Canada, the states of Minnesota to the west, Wisconsin and Michigan to the south in the United States. It is generally considered the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. It is the world's third-largest freshwater lake by volume and the largest by volume in North America.
Nelson is perched on the shores of Kootenay Lake and offers a wide-range of world class recreational activities. The stunning geography and outdoor activities, however, are only part of Nelson’s overall charm. The community still holds true to its silver mining roots as is evident with its impressive selection of over 350 restored heritage buildings and many of these unique buildings make up the bustling downtown core of the city.
First up, Superior. The lake used to be called gitche-gumee (there are different variations, but I like to settle on this particular one since it has its poetic value) by the Ojibwe people, living by the shore before the Europeans came. The first group of explorers to reach the lake were the French, during the 17th century. They referred to the lake as le lac supérieur, meaning "Upper Lake", as they discovered the lake after following Lake Huron, which is relatively lower than Lake Superior. Decades later, the French and Indian occurred, and as the British forces became victor, they anglicised the name to Superior.
The Athabasca River originates from the Columbia Ice-field and flows in a north-easterly direction about 1500 km to the Athabasca Delta and Lake Athabasca. Throughout its course, the river flows through (or adjacent to) many communities, including Jasper, Hinton, Athabasca, Fort McMurray, and Fort MacKay (with a combined population of more than 155,000 people). Due to its rich natural resources, Athabasca river basin is host of many mining and forestry industries and agricultural activities along the river (MRBB 2004). Particularly, there is an ongoing oil sands development in the region adjacent to the lower reach of the Athabasca River, north of Fort McMurray. All of these activities, in conjunction with the natural watershed geology, effluents from wastewater treatment plants (point sources) and runoff from both natural and altered landscapes (non-point source), have the potential to affect water quality in the lower Athabasca River (Hebben 2009).
In Winnipeg their summers are short and warm, and in they experience large amounts of snow in their winters They experience approximately 100 cm per a year of snowfall from November through April. Winnipeg has the world’s 10th largest freshwater lake called Winnipeg Lake. It experiences tourism, recreation, commercial and sport fisheries, and to generate hydroelectricity. The lake is home to aquatic life, per a year the lake experiences more than 800 fishers.
Lake Winnipeg has been a neglected problem in its wide international, provincial watersheds for several decades. Due to its immense size and severity of the problem, short and long term goals should be set. The ultimate goal should be to return the nitrogen and phosphorus levels in the lake to its pre-1970’s values. This will ensure that the communities in the watershed have safe drinking water, secure water supplies and a healthy aquatic ecosystem. There is no magic solution to the neglected pollution in the lake. In order to meet these goals, diverse parts of the watershed will need to collaborate together and fix one part at a time, so that someday, Lake Winnipeg will be back to its healthy state.
Ontario's many lakes, rivers, and streams played a central role in the province's history and development. For Aboriginal peoples and the early European settlers, the lakes and rivers were a means of transportation and a source of food. Waterways determined the patterns of settlement as well as the patterns of industrialization. More than 80% of Ontarians get their drinking water from the lakes. The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Basin supports nearly more than 75% of Canada’s manufacturing, and a third of the country's employment in agriculture and food processing.
The grief comes from lost love must be recovered by love. In crow lake, the author Mary Lawson portrays a young successful scholar, 26-year-old Kate Morrison, always is bothered by her anguished past. The innermost struggle not only leads she can’t directly face the problem existing between her and her older brother Matt for years but also becomes an obstacle of the further relationship with Daniel, the men she loves. But all the problems are concealed elaborately before the invitation letter received. While the peaceful life is broken by the invitation coming from Matt’s son, her nephew Simon, Kate suddenly has to face all the problems she doesn’t want to face