Red River of the North
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- Опубликовано: 27 фев 2023
- The Red River of the North lies in central North America and crosses the border from the United States into Canada. This river, which lies at the bottom of glacial Lake Agassiz is an amazing river that demonstrates what happens when you put a river in a flat landscape and then run snow melt into still frozen landscape. For so many reasons, the Red River of the North is one of the Great Rivers of the World.
Right...so Breezy Point is not a city. It is a town.
I live in the area (Canadian side) and found this interesting. You could probably do a part 2 and talk about the structure built to mitigate the outflow from Devil's Lake. There is also quite a history of boat traffic between Lake Winnipeg and the city of Winnipeg. There are many lift and turning bridges (none in use any more) and even a dam and lock. The river is probably not of much interest to people living outside the basin but I enjoyed it.
Sorry for the delayed response. Devils Lake, being a closed basin, is an interesting lake and also one with significant international implications. With the amount of change in lake elevation and the concern about the migration of different fish species, this could be a good idea.
I am glad you enjoyed the presentation and will add your suggestion to my queue,
Great information, I may be old, but I love learning.
Thanks!!! I am a firm believer in the idea that one is never too old to learn. I am glad you enjoyed the content!
@@jasontheaquanautthis would have been more interesting if you could get the volume regulated one time you can kinda hear it ok and then you drop down to nothing can't stand to watch something I can't hear what they're talking about
@@jasontheaquanaut , l still remember the flood of 1997.
The spillway canal around Winnipeg did its job.
My mother actually grew up in Winnipeg & still remembers the flood of either 1964 or 65, she can't remember which.
Too bad the sound track is so erratic.
Just when I pick "of the North" as my drinking phrase, you leave me dry!
At least I hope it did not leave you cold!
Here in Manitoba it's the Red River , and it's a good sized river from Winnipeg north to Lake Winnipeg .
Grew up a few miles from the Red River in MN, maybe 10 miles from Canada. Interesting hydrology in the area. There are no water wells, people in the past either collected rain water in cisterns, or hauled treated river water from treatment plants in town to fill the same cisterns. If there is any near surface ground water available in shallow wells it is NOT usable, it’s basically muck & agricultural runoff.
Early efforts to drill very deep industrial size wells near the Red River to get to good water resulted in disaster. When they finally hit water (depth unknown) it was SALT water & under enough pressure that it flowed out of the well naturally and had to be plugged. One such well location I know of, was and still is, a dead zone of a few acres where nothing will grow because of the salt damage. In the 60s the ground at the site was noticeably white & crusty.
People new to the area sometimes didn’t believe you couldn’t drill a normal water well. There are zero well drillers in the area. Some spent a lot of money bringing in drillers from out of the area and ended up with expensive dry holes in the ground. Can you explain where that salt water comes from? Pre Cambrian basement rock maybe? Elevation is no more than 800 feet so it’s possible someone drilled to sea level.
Kittson County now has a rural water delivery system, installed in the 70s-80s, to pipe natural ground water to every farm and rural home. This excellent water comes from near ground level 20+ miles east of the Red River, an area that at one time was a beach ridge of presumably a receding Lake Agassiz. Water flows by gravity a couple hundred feet downhill to every home in the county, no pressurization required.
No problem getting water here in NE Winnipeg . When my parent's built a house in 1961 , they got excellent hard water at 90 feet . Areas south and west of Winnipeg have crap for water .
Great comments for providing an exploration of the underground geology of the area. Thanks for the discussion both of you!
@jasontheaquanaut One more thing is Winnipeg get's it's drinking water from Shoal Lake , part of Lake of The Woods 100 miles east of the city . It is a Canadian Shield Lake. It is higher in elevation , so is gravity fed . Until the 80s Winnipeg had the biggest meat packing operations in Canada , for which they used ground water . Now with so much less demand the ground water has been rising causing issues , with underground structures . Finally with the 29 mile long Winnipeg floodway , much expanded after the giant 97 flood , we seem to be very well protected within the city itself and north to Lockport , where there's a dam with a lock .
Dry interesting
A river presentation being dry? Well, I do appreciate the interesting part! Thank you for viewing and the comment!
On the east coast there's a Red River of the North, as well lol. It flows down from the Laurantide Mt region north of Montreal QC, and into the into the Ottawa river, Which empties shortly into the St. Lawrence... Interesting fact, you would be able to canoe down from the Eastern Red River of the North, and up the Ottawa River and into a vast network of rivers that stretches all the way through the Great Lakes, and up the Winnipeg River and into Lake Winnipeg, where you could travel up the Red River of the North. Actually this is why you'll find French communities all along this path, as it became known as a major path of the Voyageur, who traded furs acquired from the multitude of Beavers through Ontario, on this path.
Thanks for the comment. It seems there are many red rivers, both great and small. I will have to look into yours in a bit more depth!
@@jasontheaquanaut On the map the Red River of the North East, will be called Riviere Rouge, which is French for the Red River. It's best feature, is that it's very serene, and has perfect sandy banks for going for a swim
link for pictures:
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Do lake of the woods and winnipeg river!
Thank you for the recommendation. I will put it in the queue and get to it in a few months!!!
Oh yes, lac des bois (Lake of the Woods) that connects to the Rivière à la pluie (Rainy River) to lac Supérieur. I always thought that the Kensington runestone could be authentic by Viking navigation from the Red River (and not the Great Lakes, because the Lachine rapids in Montréal prevented further inland navigation in the past - without a portage, of course).
My Grandmother was from Grafton N Dakota. I used to tease about how Boring Grafton sounded. But the Red River is anything but Boring.