Report 97 mountains2montreal September 9, 2011

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1 Report97 mountains2montreal September9,2011 Canoetripof4,500kmfromSaskatchewanRiverCrossingAlbertatoMontreal 130 daysestimatedduration. AfterDay131 September8,2011 Lastreportedlocation ( / ) 23kmwestofHawkesbury. EstimatedwaterdistancetraveledsincetheirlastreportSeptember4 70km. DistancetraveledsincestartMay1 4,400km(estimated). DistancetoMontreal 100km.(estimated) ArrivalinMontreal Saturday,September10lateafternooninLachineforfamilyandfriends officialwelcomeoldmontrealharbour Sunday,September11at11:00A.M. Notes 1. GroupgotbackonthewateryesterdayafteradayinOttawaincludingportagingthecanoe passparliamenthill OttawaSunphotofollows. 2. Lastnightthegroupwasabout23km.westofHawkesbury,Ontario. 3. Montrealliesabout100km.aheadwithtwodaysavailable. 4. m2msettoarriveinlachinelatesaturdayafternoonrepresentingthevoyageursarrival home atthetopofthelachinerapidsatthesiteofthenorthwestcompanywarehouse nowaparkscanadianheritagesite. 5. ManythankstoDianeandGeorgeKitchingandMaryMacDonaldandPaulVavasour(Hugo s parentsandauntplusthercmpagainforassistinginthevisittoparliamenthillintaking careoftheottawadetailsandprovidinghospitality. 6. ThevoyageursspentWednesdaymovingthecanoeandgearpasttherapidsandstoringitat theottawarowingclub. 7. TodaypassagethroughtheCarillonCanal siteofadamandhydroelectricgs. 8. Afterpassagethrough/orportageoftheLachineCanalm2mwillrejointheirbuddies CanadianCanoeOdysseyandMikeRanta(solocanoerecordholder)foraCityofMontreal welcomeinconjunctionwiththemontrealboatshowintheharbourinoldmontreal Sundaymorning. 9. WeathertodayandaheadtoarrivalMontrealsunnyandwarm. 10. Todaybackgrounder TheOttawaRiver 11. Lastblogpostingfromthem2mvoyageursSeptember7. WeatherDetails Source:EnvironmentCanada 1

2 M2M Route Yesterday Source: Natural Resources Canada The Atlas of Canada Route Ahead To Montreal 100 km. Source: Natural Resources Canada The Atlas of Canada 2

3 M2m Visits Parliament Hill Backgrounder The Ottawa River The Ottawa River (French: Rivière des Outaouais) is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. For most of its length, it now defines the border between these two provinces. Geography The river rises from its source in Lake Capimitchigama, in the Laurentian Mountains of central Quebec, and flows west to Lake Timiskaming. From there its route has been used to define the interprovincial border with Ontario. From Lake Timiskaming, the river flows southeast to Ottawa and Gatineau, where it tumbles over the Chaudière Falls and further takes in the Rideau and Gatineau rivers. 3

4 TheOttawaRiverdrainsintotheLakeofTwoMountainsandtheSt.LawrenceRiveratMontreal.Thetotal lengthoftheriveris1,271kilometers(790mi);itdrainsanareaof146,300km 2,65%inQuebecandthe restinontario,withameandischargeof1,950m 3 /s. [1] TheaverageannualmeanwaterflowmeasuredatCarillondam,neartheLakeofTwoMountains,is1,939 m 3 /s,withaverageannualextremesof749to5,351m 3 /s.recordhistoriclevelssince1964arealowof 529in2005andahighof8190m 3 /sin1976. [2] Majortributariesinclude: Geology MapoftheOttawa BonnechereGraben TheOttawaRiverliesintheOttawa BonnechereGraben,whichisaMesozoicriftvalleythatformed175 millionyearsago.followingtheretreatoftheglaciersfromtheareaattheendofthelasticeage,the valleywasfloodedbyanarmoftheatlanticoceanknownasthechamplainsea.fossilremainsofmarine lifehavebeenfoundinmarineclayformedduringthattime.sedimentdepositsfromthisperiodhave resultedinareasofpoordrainageandthepresenceoflargebogsinsomeancientchannelsofthisriver. AnotherconsequencewastheformationsoflargedepositsofamaterialcommonlyknownasLedaclay; thesedepositsbecomehighlyunstableafterheavyrains.numerouslandslideshaveoccurredasaresult. TheformersiteofthetownofLemieux,OntariocollapsedintotheSouthNationRiverin1993;however, theresidentshadalreadybeenrelocatedbecauseofthesuspectedinstabilityoftheearthinthatlocation. LargenumbersofCanadaGeese,ducks,gullsandshorebirdstakeadvantageofspringfloodingand wetlandsintheottawarivervalleyduringmigration.ducksalsooverwinterinsectionsoftheriverthat donotfreezeover. History Seealso:OttawaRivertimbertrade 4

5 AnAlgonquinFamily Asitdoestothisday,theriverplayedavitalroleinlifeoftheAlgonquinpeople,wholivedthroughoutits watershedatcontact.theriveriscalledkichisìpi,meaning"greatriver"inanicinàbemowin,the Algonquinlanguage.TheAlgonquindefinethemselvesintermsoftheirpositionontheriver,referringto themselvesastheomàmiwinini,'down riverpeople'.althoughamajorityofthealgonquinfirstnation livesinquebec,theentireottawavalleyisalgonquintraditionalterritory.presentsettlementisaresult ofadaptationsmadeasaresultofsettlerpressures. [3] ArailwaybridgeovertheOttawaRiverinMattawa,Ontario. SomeearlyEuropeanexplorers,possiblyconsideringtheOttawaRivertobemoresignificantthanthe UpperSt.LawrenceRiver,appliedthenameRiverCanadatotheOttawaRiverandtheSt.LawrenceRiver belowtheconfluenceatmontreal.astheextentofthegreatlakesbecameclearandtheriverbeganto beregardedasatributary,itwasvariouslyknownasthegrandriver,"greatriver"orgrandriverofthe Algonquinsbeforethepresentnamewassettledupon.ThisnamechangeresultedfromtheOttawa peoples'controloftherivercirca1685.however,onlyonebandofottawa,thekinouncherpirinior Keinouch,everinhabitedtheOttawaValley. In1615,SamueldeChamplainandÉtienneBrûlé,assistedbyAlgonquinguides,werethefirstEuropeans totraveluptheottawariverandfollowthewaterroutewestalongthemattawaandfrenchriversto thegreatlakes.seecanadiancanoeroutes(early).forthefollowingtwocenturies,thisroutewasused byfrenchfurtraders,voyageursandcoureurdesboistocanada'sinterior.theriverposedserious hazardstothesetravelers.thesectionneardeuxrivièresusedtohavespectacularandwildrapids, namelytherapidedelaveillée,thetrou,therapidedesdeuxrivières,andtherapidedelaroche 5

6 Capitaine.In1800,explorerDanielHarmonreported14crossesmarkingthedeathsofvoyageurswhohad drownedinthedangerouswatersalongthissectionoftheottawa. [4] Intheearly19thcentury,theOttawaRiveranditstributarieswereusedtogainaccesstolargevirgin forestsofwhitepine.aboomingtradeintimberdeveloped,andlargeraftsoflogswerefloateddownthe river.ascatteringofsmallsubsistencefarmingcommunitiesdevelopedalongtheshoresoftheriverto providemanpowerforthelumbercampsinwinter.in1832,followingthewarof1812,theottawariver gainedstrategicimportancewhenthecarilloncanalwascompleted.togetherwiththerideaucanal,the CarillonCanalwasconstructedtoprovideanalternatemilitarysupplyroutetoKingstonandLakeOntario, bypassingtheroutealongthesaintlawrenceriver. [5] Severalhydroelectricdamshavebeenconstructedontheriver.In1950,thedamatRapides des Joachims,wasbuilt,formingHoldenLakebehinditandtherebysubmergingtherapidsandportagesat DeuxRivières. [4] Asaneconomicroute,itsimportancewaseclipsedbyrailroadandhighwaysinthe20th century.itisnolongerusedforlogdriving,however,itisstillextensivelyusedforrecreationalboating. Some20,000pleasureboatersvisittheCarillonCanalannually. [5] Hydroelectricinstallations HydroelectricinstallationsontheUpperOttawa(indownstreamorder): Installation Type Generating cap. Year built Nameof reservoir Operator BourqueDam Dam n/a 1949 Dozois Reservoir Hydro Québec Rapide 7 Generating station 48MW 1941/ 1949 DecellesLake Hydro Québec Rapide 2 Rapides des Quinze Rapides des îles Runofriver g.s. Runofriver g.s. Runofriver g.s. 48MW 1954 n/a Hydro Québec 95MW 1923 n/a Hydro Québec 147MW 1966 n/a Hydro Québec Première Chute Runofriver g.s. LowerOttawa(indownstreamorder): Installation Type 130MW 1968 n/a Hydro Québec Generating cap. Year built Nameof reservoir Operator OttoHolden Runofriver g.s. 243MW 1952 n/a OntarioPower Generation DesJoachims Runofriver g.s. 429MW 1950 HoldenLake OntarioPower Generation 6

7 Bryson Runofriver g.s. 61MW 1925 n/a Hydro Québec Chenaux Runofriver g.s. 144MW 1950 n/a OntarioPower Generation Chute des Chats(Chats Falls) Runofriver g.s. 185MW 1931 LacdesChats Hydro Québecand OPG* Hull 2 Runofriver g.s. 27MW 1920 n/a Hydro Québec Carillon Runofriver g.s. 752MW 1962 n/a Hydro Québec *)OntarioPowerGenerationoperatesgenerators2,3,4,and5withacapacityof96MW;andHydro Québecoperatesgenerators6,7,8,and9withacapacityof89MW. Source:Wikipedia PreparedbyBruceFountain brucefountain@sympatico.ca/mobile Thesenotesareintended forfamily/friends/followersofthem2mvoyageursandsupplementstheirregularpostingsbythegrouptotheirwebsite.theyare preparedbasedonthereceiptofthegroup sspotsatellitelocationreports.generally,theyaredailyspotreportsbuttherewillbe occasionswhenthegroupdoesnotgetthesignalofforweatherandotherconditionspreventtransmission. 7