Churchill River

E34038
river

The Churchill River is a major river in Labrador, Canada, known for its extensive hydroelectric developments and rugged northern landscape.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Churchill River canonical 11
Churchill River basin 5
Churchill River area 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river ⓘ
associatedPeople Innu ⓘ
Inuit ⓘ
NunatuKavut Inuit ⓘ
basinCountry Canada ⓘ
climateZone subarctic climate ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
drainageBasin Churchill River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Churchill River basin
ecosystemType subarctic river ⓘ
flowsInto Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
Lake Melville ⓘ
flowsThrough Churchill Falls ⓘ
surface form: Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador

central Labrador ⓘ
western Labrador ⓘ
formerName Grand River ⓘ
governingJurisdiction Government of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
hasEstuary Churchill River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Churchill River estuary at Lake Melville
hasFeature boreal forest watershed ⓘ
gorges ⓘ
rapids ⓘ
hasHydroelectricDevelopment Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
Muskrat Falls Generating Station ⓘ
hasWaterfall Churchill Falls ⓘ
Muskrat Falls dam ⓘ
surface form: Muskrat Falls
historicalUse fur trade route ⓘ
hydrologicalRegime regulated by hydroelectric dams ⓘ
knownFor extensive hydroelectric developments ⓘ
large waterfalls ⓘ
rugged northern landscape ⓘ
length approximately 856 km ⓘ
locatedIn Labrador ⓘ
Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
majorTributaryOf Lake Melville estuarine system ⓘ
mouth Lake Melville ⓘ
namedAfter Winston Churchill ⓘ
passesNear Churchill Falls ⓘ
surface form: Churchill Falls, Newfoundland and Labrador

Happy Valley-Goose Bay ⓘ
province Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
region Labrador interior plateau ⓘ
surface form: Labrador Plateau
riverSystem Churchill River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Churchill River system
sourceRegion Smallwood Reservoir ⓘ
Hudson Bay region ⓘ
surface form: western Labrador
usedFor Indigenous travel routes ⓘ
hydroelectric power generation ⓘ
transportation historically ⓘ
watercourseHasDam Churchill Falls Generating Station ⓘ
surface form: Churchill Falls dam

Muskrat Falls dam ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

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

Labrador → hasRiver → Churchill River ⓘ
Hudson Bay → receivesRiver → Churchill River ⓘ
Arctic drainage basin → hasPart → Churchill River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Churchill River basin
Quebec–Newfoundland and Labrador border → crosses → Churchill River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Churchill River basin
Churchill Falls → locatedOnRiver → Churchill River ⓘ
Churchill River → drainageBasin → Churchill River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Churchill River basin
Churchill River → riverSystem → Churchill River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Churchill River system
Churchill River → hasEstuary → Churchill River self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Churchill River estuary at Lake Melville
Happy Valley-Goose Bay → locatedOnRiver → Churchill River ⓘ
Churchill → hasNearbyRiver → Churchill River ⓘ
Churchill → locatedAtMouthOf → Churchill River ⓘ
Labrador Peninsula → contains → Churchill River ⓘ
Churchill Falls Generating Station → locatedOnRiver → Churchill River ⓘ
Churchill Falls Generating Station → riverSystem → Churchill River ⓘ
Muskrat Falls Generating Station → locatedOnRiver → Churchill River ⓘ
Muskrat Falls Generating Station → watercourse → Churchill River ⓘ
Smallwood Reservoir → regionHydrology → Churchill River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Churchill River watershed
Matonabbee → residence → Churchill River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Churchill River region
governor of Fort Prince of Wales → appliesToJurisdiction → Churchill River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Churchill River area
Lake Melville → drainageBasin → Churchill River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Churchill River basin
Hudson Bay drainage basin → hasPart → Churchill River ⓘ
this entity surface form: Churchill River basin