Se kilde til Churchill River (Hudson Bay)

{{Geobox|River
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| name          = Churchill River
| native_name   = 
| other_name    = 
| category = River
| category_hide = yes
| etymology     = 
| nickname      = 
| image         = Otter rapids.jpg
| image_caption = Otter Rapids (Churchill River)
| country       = Canada
| country_flag  = 1
| state         = Alberta
| state1        = Saskatchewan
| state2        = Manitoba
| state_type    = Province
| state_flag    = 1
| region        = 
| district      = 
| municipality  = 
| source = [[Churchill Lake]]
| source_location = Saskatchewan| source_region =  | source_country = 
| source_elevation = 
| source_lat_d = 56 | source_lat_m = 6 | source_lat_s = 22 | source_lat_NS = N
| source_long_d = 108 | source_long_m = 14 | source_long_s = 46 | source_long_EW = W
| mouth             = Hudson Bay
| mouth_location    =  Manitoba
| mouth_region      =
| mouth_country     = 
| mouth_elevation   = 
| mouth_lat_d = 58 | mouth_lat_m = 47 | mouth_lat_s = 45 | mouth_lat_NS = N
| mouth_long_d = 94 | mouth_long_m = 12 | mouth_long_s = 15 | mouth_long_EW = W
| mouth_coordinates_note =<ref name="churchill">{{cite web
| title = Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Geographical Names (Churchill River)
| url = http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/GAFAH 
| date = 
| access-date =2014-08-29}}</ref>
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| length        = 1609
| watershed     = 281300
| watershed_round = -2
| watershed_note =<ref name=atlas>{{cite web |title= Canada Drainage Basins |year= 1985 |work= The National Atlas of Canada, 5th edition |publisher= Natural Resources Canada |url= http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/archives/5thedition/environment/water/mcr4055 |access-date= 24. november 2010 |archive-date=  4. marts 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110304184849/http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/archives/5thedition/environment/water/mcr4055 |url-status= dead }}</ref>
| discharge     = 1200
| discharge_max =
| discharge_min =
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| map            = Churchill river hudson basin map.png
| map_caption    = Churchill River [[afvandingsområde]] (vist med gult).
}}
'''Churchill River''' (Fransk: ''Rivière Churchill'')<ref name="churchill"/><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/info/pan_can_e.php
|title = Names of pan-Canadian significance
|publisher = Natural Resources Canada – Mapping Services
|access-date = 2010-01-13
|archive-date = 10. december 2009
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091210041815/http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/info/pan_can_e.php
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> er en stor [[flod]] i der løber i de [[Canada|canadiske]] [[Canadas provinser og territorier|provinser]] [[Alberta]], [[Saskatchewan]] og [[Manitoba]]. Fra udspringet i Churchill Lake er den 1.609 km lang.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/phys06.htm|title = Principal rivers and their tributaries|publisher = Statistics Canada|date = 2. februar 2005|access-date = 2010-01-13|archive-date =  9. september 2006|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060909143251/http://www40.statcan.ca/l01/cst01/phys06.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Den er opkaldt efter [[John Churchill, 1. hertug af Marlborough]] der var guvernør for [[Hudson's Bay Company]] fra 1685 til 1691.

[[Cree]]-navnet for floden er ''Missinipi'', der betyder ''"store vande"''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001625 |title=Canadian Encyclopedia |access-date=28. november 2015 |archive-date=30. september 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930065110/http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0001625 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Floden ligger på det {{illsup|en|Canadiske Skjold|Canadian Shield}}. I afvandingsområdet ligger en række søer i den østlige-centrale del af Alberta og videre ind i en række søer i Saskatchewan og Manitoba. Hovedtilløbet, [[Beaver River (Canada)|Beaver River]], støder til i [[Lac Île-à-la-Crosse]].

[[Nistowiak Falls]] — det højeste [[vandfald]] i Saskatchewan – ligger ved [[Rapid River (Churchill River)|Rapid River]], som løber mod nord, ud af [[Lac la Ronge]] ind i [[Nistowiak Lake]] som gennemløbes af Churchill River lige nord for [[La Ronge (Saskatchewan)|La Ronge]].

En stor del af strømmen i Churchill River efter grænsen mellem Manitoba og Saskatchewan kommer fra [[Reindeer River (Saskatchewan)|Reindeer River]], som løber fra [[Wollaston Lake|Wollaston]] og [[Reindeer Lake|Reindeer]] søerne. Vand fra Reindeer Lake bliver opstemmet ved [[Whitesand Dam]]. Derfra løber Churchill River mod øst gennem en række søer (Highrock, Granville, [[Southern Indian Lake|Southern Indian]] og Gauer), og deles med en afledning til et [[vandkraftværk]] til [[Nelson River]] (60% af vandmængden), og resten af Churchill River løber ud i [[Hudson Bay]] ved byen [[Churchill (Manitoba)|Churchill]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/churchill_river.html
|title = Churchill River
|work = Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan
|publisher = Canadian Plains Research Centre
|year = 2006
|access-date = 2010-01-13
|archive-date =  7. oktober 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111007083713/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/churchill_river.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

== Historie ==
Churchill danner hovedparten af ''pelsjægernes hovedvej'' i det [[18. århundrede|18.-]] til [[20. århundrede]] efter at [[Dene]]folk viste [[Peter Pond]] forbindelsen [[Methye Portage]] mellem [[Hudson Bay]]-afvandingsområdet og [[Clearwater River (Saskatchewan)|Clearwater]] – [[Athabasca River|Athabasca]] – [[Mackenzie River|MacKenzie]]-floderne der løber til det [[Arktiske Ocean]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0011155
|title = La Loche
|publisher = The Canadian Encyclopedia
|access-date = 2008-07-28
|archive-date =  8. juni 2011
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110608090605/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0011155
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

<gallery>
Image:Churchill Lake at Buffalo Narrows, Saskatchewan 2.JPG |Churchill Lake set fra [[Buffalo Narrows (Saskatchewan)|Buffalo Narrows]]
Image:Upper_falls-sm.jpg |De øvre Nistowiak Falls
File:Mouth of the Churchill River at Hudson Bay (7461042054).jpg|Churchill Rivers udmunding i Hudson Bay
</gallery>

== Se også ==
* [[Canadas længste floder]]
== Eksterne kilder/henvisninger ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Commonscat|Churchill River (Hudson Bay)}}
* [http://www.cpaws-sask.org/boreal_forest/churchill_corridor_campaign.html Saskatchewan's Churchill River, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816100042/http://www.cpaws-sask.org/boreal_forest/churchill_corridor_campaign.html |date=16. august 2007 }}
* [http://canoesaskatchewan.rkc.ca/skroute.htm Saskatchewan Documented Canoe Routes, Canoe Saskatchewan website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817082142/http://canoesaskatchewan.rkc.ca/skroute.htm |date=17. august 2008 }}
* [http://www.publications.gov.sk.ca/details.cfm?p=11115 Fish Species of Saskatchewan]
* [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/churchill_river.html Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007083713/http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/churchill_river.html |date= 7. oktober 2011 }}

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