Omo River (Quebec)

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Omo
	Watershed of Nottaway River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Quebec
Region	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality)
Physical characteristics
Source	Little unidentified lake
- location	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), Nord-du-Québec, Quebec
- coordinates	50°23′34″N75°21′52″W / 50.39278°N 75.36444°W
- elevation	371 m (1,217 ft)
Mouth	Maicasagi River
- location	Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), Nord-du-Québec, Quebec
- coordinates	50°07′40″N75°46′59″W / 50.12778°N 75.78306°W Coordinates: 50°07′40″N75°46′59″W / 50.12778°N 75.78306°W
- elevation	323 m (1,060 ft)
Length	60.4 km (37.5 mi) [1]

Last updated April 29, 2019

The Omo River is a tributary of the Maicasagi River located at Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in the Canadian province of Quebec, in Canada.

The Maicasagi River is a tributary of Maicasagi Lake. This river flows from the municipality of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada.

The Municipality of Baie-James was a municipality in northern Quebec, Canada, which existed from 1971 to 2012. Located to the east of James Bay, Baie-James covered 297,332.84 km² (114,800.85 sq mi) of land, making it the largest incorporated municipality in Canada — only eight unorganized territories were larger. Its territory almost entirely covered the administrative region of Jamésie, although it contained less than five percent of the population. Essentially, it was the remainder of the Jamésie Territory's land after all of the major population centres were removed.

Nord-du-Québec is the largest, but the least populous, of the seventeen administrative regions of Quebec, Canada. With nearly 750,000 square kilometres (290,000 sq mi) of land area, and very extensive lakes and rivers, it covers much of the Labrador Peninsula and about 55% of the total land surface area of Quebec, while containing a little more than 0.5% of the population.

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Chibougamau is a town in central Quebec, Canada, located on Lake Gilman. It has a population of 7,541 people. Chibougamau is completely surrounded by, but not part of, the Municipality of Baie-James.

The surface of the Omo River is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however safe ice movement is generally from mid-November to mid-April.

Geography

The main hydrographic slopes near the Omo River are:

North side: Assinica Lake, Assinica River, Brock River;
East side: Comencho Lake, Opataca Lake;
South side: Mildred River, Caupichigau River, Chibougamau River;
West side: Maicasagi River, Monsan River.

Assinica Lake is a fresh water body on the hydrographic slope of the Assinica River and Broadback Rivers, flowing into the Municipality of Eeyou Istchee Bay- James (municipality), in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, Canada.

The Assinica River is a tributary of the Broadback River flowing west to Rupert Bay south of James Bay. The Assinica River flows into the municipality of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality) in the Nord-du-Québec administrative region, in Quebec, in Canada.

The Brock River is a tributary of the Chibougamau River, flowing in Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The course of the river crosses successively the cantons of Beaulieu, Cherisy, La Rochette, Rageot, Livillier, La Touche and Opémisca.

The Omo River originates at the mouth of an unidentified lake (length: 3.4 kilometres (2.1 mi) altitude: 385 metres (1,263 ft)) in the Assinica Wildlife Sanctuary. This source of the river is located at:

44.9 kilometres (27.9 mi) North of the mouth of the Omo River (confluence with the Maicasagi River);
101.4 kilometres (63.0 mi) Northeast of the mouth of the Maicasagi River (confluence with Maicasagi Lake);
130.3 kilometres (81.0 mi) Northeast of the mouth of Goéland Lake (Waswanipi River);
162.6 kilometres (101.0 mi) Northeast of the mouth of Matagami Lake;
318.2 kilometres (197.7 mi) South of the mouth of the Nottaway River;
180.5 kilometres (112.2 mi) Northeast of downtown Matagami.

Lake Maicasagi is a body of freshwater located in the territory of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

The Nottaway River is a river in Quebec, Canada. The river drains Lake Matagami and travels 225 kilometers (140 mi) north-west before emptying into Rupert Bay at the south end of James Bay. Its drainage basin is 65,800 square kilometers (25,400 sq mi) and has a mean discharge of 1190 m³/s. Its source is the head of the Mégiscane River, which is 776 kilometers (482 mi) from the mouth.

Matagami is a small town in Quebec, Canada. It is located north of Amos, on Matagami Lake, at the northern terminus of Route 109 and the start of the James Bay Road. The town had a population of 1,526 as of the Canada 2011 Census.

From the head lake, the Omo River flows on 60.4 kilometres (37.5 mi) in the Assinica Wildlife Sanctuary, according to the following segments:

Toponymy

The toponym "Monsan River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec, i.e. at the creation of this commission^[2]

Upper part of the Omo River (segment of 37.9 kilometres (23.5 mi))

7.9 kilometres (4.9 mi) westerly crossing an unidentified lake (length: 1.1 kilometres (0.68 mi); altitude: 378 metres (1,240 ft)), then to the South crossing a second unidentified lake (length: 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi); altitude: 372 metres (1,220 ft)), to a creek (coming from the Northeast);
3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) southwesterly, crossing an unidentified lake (length: 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi); altitude: 360 metres (1,180 ft)), up to at its mouth;
7.8 kilometres (4.8 mi) to the Southwest, then crossing an unidentified lake (length: 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi); altitude: 361 metres (1,184 ft)) to at its mouth;
8.0 kilometres (5.0 mi) southwesterly to a bay on the eastern shore of Lake Omo;
11.0 kilometres (6.8 mi) southwesterly, crossing Omo Lake (elevation: 335 metres (1,099 ft)) over its full length;

Lower part of the Omo River (segment of 22.5 kilometres (14.0 mi))

3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) to the Southeast, crossing an unidentified lake (length: 2.6 kilometres (1.6 mi); altitude: 335 metres (1,099 ft)), up to at its confluence;
1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) westerly across an unidentified lake (length: 5.0 kilometres (3.1 mi); altitude: 335 metres (1,099 ft)), to its confluence;
5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) southwesterly across an unidentified lake (length: 6.4 kilometres (4.0 mi); altitude: 333 metres (1,093 ft)), its confluence;
11.2 kilometres (7.0 mi) southeasterly to mouth.^[3]

The "Omo River" flows into a river bend on the east bank of the Maicasagi River. From there, it flows southwest and west to the east shore of Maicasagi Lake. Then the current flows south-west through the Max Passage into the Goéland Lake. The latter is crossed to the northwest by the Waswanipi River which is a tributary of Matagami Lake.

The mouth of the Omo River located at:

60.5 kilometres (37.6 mi) Northeast of the mouth of the Maicasagi River (confluence with Maicasagi Lake);
89.1 kilometres (55.4 mi) Northeast of the mouth of [Gull Lake (Waswanipi River)]];
107.3 kilometres (66.7 mi) Northeast of the mouth of Olga Lake (Waswanipi River);

North of the village center of Waswanipi;

146.5 kilometres (91.0 mi) Northeast of downtown Matagami.

Toponymy

Of Cree origin, this hydronym means the river where I ate only part of the dinner.

The toponym "Omo River" was formalized on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec, i.e. at the creation of this commission^[4]

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References

↑ "Atlas of Canada". atlas.nrcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
↑ "Quebec Place Names Commission - Place Names Bank - Toponym: "Monsan River"". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-06.
↑ Distances from the Department of Natural Resources Canada's Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet).
↑ "Commission de toponymie du Québec – Banque de noms de lieux (Bank of places names) - Toponym: "Rivière Omo" (Omo River)". toponymie.gouv.qc.ca. Retrieved 2017-12-08.

Omo River (Quebec)

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