Caniapiscau Lake by MagikUnicorn
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Description
Bryce Landscape & sky & water
Caniapiscau Lake is a reservoir on the upper Caniapiscau River in the Côte-Nord administrative region of the Canadian province of Québec.
It is the largest reservoir in surface area of the James Bay Project, feeding the Brisay generating station, and the second largest reservoir in Canada.
The natural lakes of the region were formed about nine thousand years ago as glaciers left Québec after having scoured the Canadian Shield for ninety thousand years.
The prototype of these lakes was an ice dam lake that drained southwards into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence at a time when areas further north (Nunavik) were still glaciated.
As post-glacial rebound elevated the southern part of the Canadian Shield more rapidly than the north, the region began to drain northward into the Caniapiscau River, a tributary of the Koksoak River, and ultimately into Ungava Bay.
Since 1984, most of its waters are diverted to the west into the La Grande River watershed and James Bay.
Prior to impoundment, Lake Caniapiscau covered about 470 km² (181 mile²).
Now Caniapiscau Reservoir, which fills a depression in the highest part of the Laurentian Plateau of the Canadian Shield, covers 4,318 km², or about four times the size of the natural lakes it flooded during impoundment from 1981 to 1984. The total catchment area is about 36,800 km².
The area surrounding the reservoir is vegetated entirely with taiga, or boreal forest. It is in the zone of discontinuous permafrost and is accessible by bush plane and, since 1981, by a gravel road from James Bay (the Route Transtaïga). At the very end of this road, near the Duplanter spillway, is the former worksite of the Société d'énergie de la Baie-James, named Caniapiscau.
Thanks
Magik
Comments (56)
Darkwish
Fantastic work! Really cool pic!
stevey3d
Wonderful landscape and atmo! Superb image! 5+
PIERRE25
Là j'aime beaucoup Réal, magnifique image
ledwolorz
Fantastic landscape and atmosphere.Wonderful work.
huismus
Beautiful artwork!
magnus073
La vraiment grande image Magik et moi avons surtout aimé le stupéfiant écrivent en haut que vous avez fait. Il a été plein ainsi des informations
NekhbetSun
Beautiful work !!!!
Mel3d
exellent atmosphere Réal Bravo :)
1358
haven't been there, but this work makes it seem haunting.... wow!
RodolfoCiminelli
La photo fantastique et très créative mon ami.....!!! Postwork splendide.....!!!
Fidelity2
Very well done. 5+.
louly
Joli paysage :)
Zazou
WOW ! J'adore les couleurs et les textures et cette atmosphère est tout bonnement incroyable !! MAGNIFIQUE !!
JaneEden
Truly excellent and realistic work!!! hugs Jane xx
hipps13
Hi Magik wonderful work interesting words thanks for the smile warm hug, Linda
DarkStormCrow
Nice scene and Bryce work, very well done...
aquablue
Tout vaporeux comme dans un rêve..........
Antonio57
Un lac très paisible et d'une couleur magnifique!!!!EXCELLENT REAL
Optiramma
chillingly beautiful...some day I hope to tour Canada
amota99517
Beautiful work!!! Your lighting is fantastic and gives this scene a nice mellow mood. Excellent work!
evielouise
Excellent !!!!!!!!
rayag
Excellently done!!!!!
Steff_7
Wish I was sitting in a boat on this magestic lake right now... Excellent scene and atmosphere...
debz
Wonderful image Magik! Great water and terrain! Really like your choice of colour!
Severine
Super beau !
Elcet
Epoustouflant! Une lumière exceptionnelle, comme en un rêve…