Attawapiskat River

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The Attawapiskat River is a remote river in northern Ontario, Canada, that flows into James Bay and is central to the traditional territory and livelihood of the Attawapiskat First Nation.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Attawapiskat River canonical 2
Attawapiskat River basin 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedPeople Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
basinCountry Canada ⓘ
basinProvince Ontario ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
flowsInto James Bay ⓘ
hasClimate subarctic climate ⓘ
hasConservationConcern impacts of resource development on water quality ⓘ
protection of traditional land use areas ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceFor Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
hasEconomicContext impact on traditional livelihoods ⓘ
nearby mineral exploration ⓘ
hasEcosystemType boreal forest ⓘ
riverine ⓘ
wetland ⓘ
hasHydrologicalCharacteristic subject to seasonal flooding ⓘ
hasIndigenousNameLanguage Cree ⓘ
hasMouthElevation sea level ⓘ
hasNavigationType primarily used by small boats and canoes ⓘ
hasNearbySettlement Attawapiskat, Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Attawapiskat
hasSeasonalCharacteristic frozen in winter ⓘ
spring breakup with ice flows ⓘ
hasWildlifeHabitat beaver ⓘ
freshwater fish ⓘ
migratory birds ⓘ
moose ⓘ
isInDrainageBasin Hudson Bay ⓘ
isPartOf James Bay watershed ⓘ
knownFor remoteness ⓘ
traditional Indigenous land use ⓘ
languageOfToponym Cree ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Ontario ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ
locatedInTraditionalTerritoryOf Attawapiskat First Nation ⓘ
mouthCountry Canada ⓘ
mouthLocation James Bay ⓘ
mouthProvince Ontario ⓘ
partOf Hudson Bay drainage basin ⓘ
region Kenora District ⓘ
usedFor subsistence fishing ⓘ
traditional hunting ⓘ
transportation ⓘ
trapping ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Attawapiskat First Nation → waterBody → Attawapiskat River ⓘ
Hudson Bay drainage basin → hasPart → Attawapiskat River basin ⓘ
linked to: Attawapiskat River
James Bay Lowlands → drainedBy → Attawapiskat River ⓘ