Moose Lake (Manitoba)

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Moose Lake
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Moose Lake
Moose Lake (Canada)
Location Manitoba
Coordinates 53°56′N100°09′W / 53.94°N 100.15°W / 53.94; -100.15
Primary outflows Moose Creek
Basin  countriesCanada
Surface area1,367 km2 (528 sq mi)
Surface elevation255 m (837 ft)
Settlements Moose Lake
References [1]

Moose Lake is a lake located near the Saskatchewan River Delta in Manitoba, Canada. It is separated into two irregularly shaped lobes, North Moose Lake and South Moose Lake, by the Moose Lake Narrows Control Structure, which was built in 1964. [2] South Moose Lake drains south into Cedar Lake via Moose Creek; [3] these two lakes form the reservoir of the Grand Rapids Generating Station, and the sluice gates at Moose Lake Narrows helps regulate their water levels. [2] The lake as a whole lies at an elevation of 255 metres (837 ft) and covers 1,367 square kilometres (528 sq mi). [1] The community of Moose Lake is on the south shore of the lake.

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Human activity

A portage between the eastern end of South Moose Lake and the source of the Minago River was used by fur traders to travel between the Saskatchewan and Nelson Rivers. Most if not all of the semi-nomadic Cree who originally frequented the area around Moose Lake died in a smallpox epidemic during the winter of 1781–1782. The area was subsequently settled by Swampy Cree migrating from the east. [3]

Today, logging, fishing, and trapping are practiced in the Moose Lake area. [4] Tom Lamb operated a cattle ranch at Moose Lake from 1953 to 1964, when flooding of the area by the Grand Rapids hydroelectric project forced its closure. [5] The building of the Grand Rapids Dam caused the inundation of 66% of the territory held by the Moose Lake Cree, with correspondingly and predictably disastrous consequences for the community: previously important economic activities such as moose hunting were eliminated, and substance abuse among children, crime, and alcoholism had become rampant by the late 1970s. [6] [7] A settlement for damages caused by the Grand Rapids project was signed by the Mosakahiken Cree Nation and the province of Manitoba in 2008. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Herdendorf, Charles E. (1982). "Large Lakes of the World". Journal of Great Lakes Research. 8 (3): 379–412. Bibcode:1982JGLR....8..379H. doi:10.1016/S0380-1330(82)71982-3.
  2. 1 2 "2.2: Moose Lake Narrows Control Structure". Water Power Act licences: Grand Rapids short-term licence extension application – supporting documentation (PDF) (Report). Manitoba Hydro. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  3. 1 2 Beaumont, Raymond M. (April 2000). Moose Lake and its Neighbours: from Pre-Contact to 1821 (PDF). Frontier School Division No. 48. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  4. ↑ "Moose Lake" (PDF). Government of Manitoba. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "7 BAR L Cattle Ranch" . Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  6. ↑ Loney, Martin (1987). "The construction of dependency: the case of the Grand Rapids hydro project" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 7 (1): 57–78. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  7. ↑ Loney, Martin (1995). "Social problems, community trauma and hydro project impacts" (PDF). Canadian Journal of Native Studies. 15 (2): 231–254. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  8. ↑ "PROVINCE ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT OF MOSAKAHIKEN CREE NATION COMPREHENSIVE FOREBAY AGREEMENT". Government of Manitoba. 28 February 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
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