Again | |
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![]() Harricana River basin in yellow | |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Provinces | |
District | Cochrane (Ontario) |
Region | Nord-du-Québec (Quebec) |
Municipality | Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (Quebec) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Lake Mine |
• location | Cochrane District, Ontario |
• coordinates | 50°07′06″N79°39′57″W / 50.11833°N 79.66583°W |
• elevation | 267 m (876 ft) |
Mouth | Harricana River |
• location | District of Cochrane, Ontario |
• coordinates | 50°55′40″N79°32′08″W / 50.92778°N 79.53556°W |
• elevation | 9 m (30 ft) |
Length | 119.9 km (74.5 mi) [1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | (from the mouth), Discharge of lake Cotter, Discharge of lake Parson |
• right | (from the mouth), Grenouilles Creek (Quebec), Laforges Creek (Quebec), Discharge of lake Broughton (Ontario) |
The Again River is a tributary of the Harricana River flowing to Canada in:
The surface of the river is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, but safe circulation on the ice generally occurs generally from mid-November to the end of April.
The main hydrographic slopes adjacent to the Again River are:
The Again River originates at the mouth of Lake Mine (length: 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi), elevation: 267 metres (876 ft)) in the eastern part of the Cochrane District.
The source of the Again River is located at:
From its source, the Again River runs more or less parallel to the Ontario border on 119.9 kilometres (74.5 mi) in the following segments:
The Again River flows into the southwestern shore of the Harricana River in front of Low Shoal Island. This confluence is located at:
The hydronyme "rivière Again" was formalized on December 5, 1968, by the Commission de toponymie du Québec, at the creation of this commission. [3]
The river remained largely unexplored until 2012, when Canadian Adam Shoalts successfully canoed the entire length, discovering canyons and notably numerous previously unknown waterfalls. [4] [5] [6] According to Shoalts in his book Alone Against the North, the name originates from a 1931 surveyor notebook. The surveyor, named King, had been questioning a local Indian trapper about the river, who did not speak English very well, and he kept repeating a word that sounded like "again". Shoalts also said it was believed the river followed a seam that joined Precambrien shield rock with Late Devonian rock.