Broad River (Manitoba) Explained

Broad River
Pushpin Map:Canada Manitoba
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Broad River in Manitoba
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Manitoba
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Northern
Subdivision Type4:Census division
Subdivision Name4:23
Source1:Unnamed lake
Source1 Coordinates:57.5728°N -94.3003°W
Source1 Elevation:108m (354feet)
Mouth:Hudson Bay
Mouth Coordinates:58.1369°N -92.8494°W
Mouth Elevation:0m (00feet)
River System:Hudson Bay drainage basin

The Broad River is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in Census division 23 in Northern Manitoba, Canada.[1] Its flows from an unnamed lake to Hudson Bay.[2]

The river is crossed north of the settlement of O'Day by the Hudson Bay Railway, travelled by the Via Rail Winnipeg – Churchill train.

A large portion of the river from its mouth upstream is part of Wapusk National Park.[3]

A site near the mouth of the river was considered for an atomic weapons proving ground for British nuclear testing with the cooperation of the Canadian government, but the Monte Bello Islands off the Northwestern coast of Australia was selected instead.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. GADQY. Broad River. 2012-07-08.
  2. Web site: Broad River. Natural Resources Canada. 2010-02-04. . 2012-07-08. Shows the course of the river on a topographic map.
  3. Map 17 . PDF . Official road map of Manitoba . . 2010 . 2012-07-08 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121006164034/http://www.gov.mb.ca/mit/map/pdf/map17.pdf . 2012-10-06 .
  4. Clearwater . John . O'Brian . David . O Lucky Canada . Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . August 2003 . 59 . 4 . 60–65. 10.1080/00963402.2003.11460698 . 2003BuAtS..59d..60C . 143954573 .