Rivière Rupert

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Rivière Rupert is a major river in northern Quebec, Canada, known for its extensive watershed, historical importance to Indigenous communities and the fur trade, and large-scale hydroelectric developments.

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Label Occurrences
Rivière Rupert canonical 2

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical feature ⓘ
river ⓘ
associatedPeople Cree of Eeyou Istchee ⓘ
basinCountry Canada ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalSignificanceFor Cree Nation ⓘ
drainageBasin James Bay drainage basin ⓘ
economicImportance historical fur trade ⓘ
hydroelectric power production ⓘ
environmentalConcern impact of hydroelectric diversion ⓘ
flowsInto James Bay ⓘ
flowsThrough boreal forest ⓘ
taiga zone ⓘ
governingJurisdiction Province of Quebec ⓘ
linked to: province of Quebec
hasEstuary Rupert Bay ⓘ
hasHydroelectricDevelopment Rupert River diversion project ⓘ
hasRapids multiple major rapids ⓘ
hasWatershed Rupert River watershed ⓘ
historicalUse Indigenous travel route ⓘ
fur trade route ⓘ
hydroelectricComplex La Grande complex ⓘ
hydroelectricDeveloper Hydro-Québec ⓘ
knownFor hydroelectric projects ⓘ
importance to Indigenous communities ⓘ
large watershed ⓘ
languageVariant Rupert River NERFINISHED ⓘ
length approximately 600 kilometres ⓘ
locatedIn Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

northern Quebec ⓘ
majorTributaryOf James Bay ⓘ
mouth Baie James ⓘ
linked to: Baie-James

James Bay ⓘ
navigability partially navigable by canoe ⓘ
partOf Hudson Bay drainage basin ⓘ
province Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada
region Nord-du-Québec ⓘ
sourceLocation central Quebec ⓘ
sourceRegion Laurentian Plateau ⓘ
linked to: Laurentian Upland
subjectOfAgreement Paix des Braves ⓘ
linked to: Peace of the Braves
traditionalUse hunting access route ⓘ
subsistence fishing ⓘ
trapping route ⓘ
usedBy Cree communities ⓘ
Indigenous peoples ⓘ
waterDiversionTo Eastmain River ⓘ
La Grande River ⓘ
watershedArea approximately 43,400 square kilometres ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Nord-du-Québec → hasMajorRiver → Rivière Rupert ⓘ
Lac Mistassini → hasOutflow → Rivière Rupert ⓘ