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MAIN RIVER [48 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

Organization which is established in Swan River, Manitoba.

OBS

The Swan River Indian and Metis Association was first formed in 1961 and incorporated in 1969 as the Swan River Indian and Metis Friendship Centre. After the original building at 503 Main St. was destroyed by fire in 1969, the Centre moved to rented space. November 15th, 1972 capital funds were secured from the Secretary of State to purchase an existing building at 723 Main St. In May 1990, the Friendship Centre purchased and renovated another building. September 10th, 1990 the grand opening took place to celebrate the opening of the present building at 1413 Main St. East. In 1993 the name was changed to Swan River Friendship Centre Inc.

Key term(s)
  • Swan River Friendship Centre
  • Swan River Friendship Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Centre d'accueil de Swan River : appellation française non officielle tirée du «Répertoire des organismes autochtones du Canada».

OBS

Organisme établi à Swan River (Manitoba).

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Transport
  • Water Transport
CONT

This route is an outstanding example of river heritage in Canada. It was the main travel artery for the Hudson Bay Company's fur trade industry for almost 250 years.

PHR

main travel artery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport routier
  • Transport par eau
CONT

De tout temps, […] les hommes ont formé le dessein de relier Marseille et son port à l'artère de circulation faisant communiquer le sud vers le nord, le Rhône.

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collaboration with the FAO
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Aquaculture
  • Scientific Research
CONT

The main purpose of the fixed seine net for electrofishing is to create a barrier to prevent dead fish from drifting away during electrofishing. The fixed seine is installed across a river during electric fishing. It has no center section. A canvas border can be added at the bottom. [A ballast](pebbles or other) is placed to hold the gear on the bottom. [There are floats] every [two feet] and a double lead core line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Collaboration avec la FAO
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Aquaculture
  • Recherche scientifique

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

A city on the Main River in western Germany.

OBS

Inhabitant: Frankfurter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Ville d'Allemagne (Hesse), sur le Main.

OBS

Habitant : Francfortois, Francfortoise.

OBS

Lorsque l'on parle de Francfort tout court, on désigne normalement Francfort-sur-le-Main en Allemagne [...] Francfort-sur-le-Main est la capitale financière de l'Allemagne. Ne pas confondre avec Francfort-sur-l'Oder qui est cette ville d'Allemagne située sur la rive gauche de l'Oder à la frontière de la Pologne.

OBS

Le nom d'une entité habitée adopte le genre de son générique, par exemple ville, village.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Topónimos (fuera de Canadá)
DEF

Ciudad de Alemania a orillas del río Meno.

OBS

Habitante: francfortés, francfortesa.

OBS

El nombre de un lugar habitado adopta, en general, el género de su genérico, por ejemplo, "ciudad".

OBS

Fráncfort: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recuerda que el nombre apropiado en español es "Fráncfort" y no "Frankfurt" ni "Francfort".

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Record 5 2021-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
CONT

… the Fraser River sockeye migration is divided into four main run timing groups for management purposes : the "early Stuart run" in June, the "early run" in July, the "summer run" in August, and the "late run" in September/October … Each run is comprised of multiple stocks that overlap in timing. … late-run stocks usually "hold" in the estuary or the marine areas […] for several weeks before initiating up-river migration.

PHR

late run sockeye, late run stock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Les saumons revenant dans les frayères des affluents du Fraser se divisent en quatre montaisons : la montaison Stuart précoce, la montaison estivale précoce, la montaison estivale et la montaison tardive […]

PHR

saumon rouge de montaison tardive, stock de montaison tardive

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología Marina
  • Peces
  • Acuicultura
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Record 6 2021-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
CONT

… the Fraser River sockeye migration is divided into four main run timing groups for management purposes : the "early Stuart run" in June, the "early run" in July, the "summer run" in August, and the "late run" in September/October … Each run is comprised of multiple stocks that overlap in timing.

PHR

early Stuart run sockeye, early Stuart run stock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Les saumons revenant dans les frayères des affluents du Fraser se divisent en quatre montaisons : la montaison Stuart précoce, la montaison estivale précoce, la montaison estivale et la montaison tardive […]

PHR

saumon rouge de montaison Stuart précoce, stock de montaison Stuart précoce

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología Marina
  • Peces
  • Acuicultura
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Record 7 2021-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
CONT

… the Fraser River sockeye migration is divided into four main run timing groups for management purposes : the "early Stuart run" in June, the "early run" in July, the "summer run" in August, and the "late run" in September/October … Each run is comprised of multiple stocks that overlap in timing.

PHR

early run river, early run salmon, early run stock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Les saumons revenant dans les frayères des affluents du Fraser se divisent en quatre montaisons : la montaison Stuart précoce, la montaison estivale précoce, la montaison estivale et la montaison tardive […]

PHR

rivière à montaison estivale précoce, saumon de montaison estivale précoce, stock de montaison estivale précoce

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología Marina
  • Peces
  • Acuicultura
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Record 8 2021-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Biology
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
CONT

… the Fraser River sockeye migration is divided into four main run timing groups for management purposes : the "early Stuart run" in June, the "early run" in July, the "summer run" in August, and the "late run" in September/October … Each run is comprised of multiple stocks that overlap in timing.

PHR

summer run sockeye, summer run stock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie marine
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Les saumons revenant dans les frayères des affluents du Fraser se divisent en quatre montaisons : la montaison Stuart précoce, la montaison estivale précoce, la montaison estivale et la montaison tardive […]

PHR

saumon rouge de montaison estivale, stock de montaison estivale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biología Marina
  • Peces
  • Acuicultura
OBS

Los salmones de los afluentes del río Fraser remontan los ríos en cuatro carreras: la Stuart temprana, la estival temprana, la estival y la tardía.

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Record 9 2020-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbial Ecology
  • Pollution (General)
CONT

... the ecological models presented in [the] study already show a weak but positive causal relationship between some gastrointestinal diseases and Atoyac River contamination by TCB [total coliform bacteria] as the main indicator of bacterial pollution of water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie microbienne
  • Pollution (Généralités)
CONT

Les faibles concentrations de bactéries indicatrices de contamination fécale observées dans les échantillons de sable de plage prélevés à l'aide de fosses d'exploration dans des conditions sèches [...] donnent à penser que ni le sable ni l'eau souterraine ne constituaient des sources importantes de pollution bactérienne de la plage Parlee pendant la période d'échantillonnage.

Spanish

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Record 10 2020-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
CONT

There are many different kinds of river channels—some are wide and constantly changing, some crisscross like a braid, and others stay in one main channel between steep banks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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Record 11 2019-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

An alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river ...

OBS

[A delta commonly forms] a triangular or fan-shaped plain of considerable area, crossed by many distributaries of the main river, perhaps extending beyond the general trend of the coast, and resulting from the accumulation of sediment supplied by the river in such quantities that it is not removed by tides, waves and currents.

OBS

delta: term and definition validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Dépôt d'alluvions à l'embouchure d'un cours d'eau [...]

OBS

delta : terme uniformisé par le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire BT-176 faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Depósito aluvial en la desembocadura de un río ....

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Record 12 2017-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dredging
CONT

Three main types of dredges are used in the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes : mechanical clamshell dredges, hydraulic dustpan dredges and hydraulic hopper dredges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dragage
CONT

Trois principaux types de dragues œuvrent dans le Saint-Laurent et les Grands Lacs, soit les dragues mécaniques à benne preneuse, les dragues hydrauliques suceuses-refouleuses et les dragues hydrauliques suceuses-porteuses.

Spanish

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Record 13 2017-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dredging
CONT

Three main types of dredges are used in the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes : mechanical clamshell dredges, hydraulic dustpan dredges and hydraulic hopper dredges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dragage
CONT

Trois principaux types de dragues œuvrent dans le Saint-Laurent et les Grands Lacs, soit les dragues mécaniques à benne preneuse, les dragues hydrauliques suceuses-refouleuses et les dragues hydrauliques suceuses-porteuses.

Spanish

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Record 14 2017-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dredging
CONT

Three main types of dredges are used in the St. Lawrence River and the Great Lakes : mechanical clamshell dredges, hydraulic dustpan dredges and hydraulic hopper dredges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dragage
CONT

Trois principaux types de dragues œuvrent dans le Saint-Laurent et les Grands Lacs, soit les dragues mécaniques à benne preneuse, les dragues hydrauliques suceuses-refouleuses et les dragues hydrauliques suceuses-porteuses.

Spanish

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Record 15 2016-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

Nuclear Power Demonstration reactor. This was the prototype CANDU reactor, and the first power reactor in Canada. It was located upstream of AECL' s Chalk River laboratories, along the Ottawa River's south shore(i. e. in Ontario). The reactor had a maximum continuous output of 22 MWe gross(19. 5 MWe net)... The reactor was built as a joint AECL/Ontario Hydro/Canadian General Electric project, and was initially intended to use a vertically-fuelled pressure vessel reactor. The design was changed in 1957 to natural uranium fuel bundles in horizontal pressure tubes in unpressurized heavy water moderator, with on-line refuelling. These are hallmarks of the CANDU reactor. The reactor had 132 fuel channels(each fuel channel comprised a pressure tube inside a calandria tube) and the coolant leaving the channels was 7. 2 MPa and 277°C. The main reactivity control was by adjusting the heavy-water moderator level, which could be rapidly dumped for fast shut down. NPD was finally shut down on May 5 1987, for economic reasons...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
OBS

réacteur nucléaire de démonstration : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’énergie nucléaire» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 16 2015-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A river network with tributaries joining the main stream at sharp downhill angles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

Qualifie un réseau fluvial dont les branches s'inscrivent sur l'axe et forment avec lui un angle aigu du côté de l'aval.

Spanish

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Record 17 2014-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
  • Historical Park and Site Names
OBS

A national historic site managed by Parks Canada.

OBS

Named after "Fort Espérance, "a fort that was one of the earliest and most permanent of the North West Company's posts in the Assiniboine basin. It was also the main pemmican depot in the Company's continental fur trade and provisioned brigades to the Churchill and Athabasca River regions.

OBS

On January 12, 2001, the words "of Canada" were added to the names of national parks, national park reserves and national historic sites. The addition should be systematically used on cover pages, in titles, headings and at the beginning of documents. In the body of a text, it is stylistically appropriate to omit the words "of Canada."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
  • Noms de parcs, lieux et canaux historiques
OBS

Lieu historique national géré par Parcs Canada.

OBS

Nommé d'après le «fort Espérance», un fort qui fut l’un des premiers postes de traite permanents de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest dans le bassin de l’Assiniboine. Il fut aussi le principal dépôt de pemmican pour les commerçants de fourrures de la Compagnie sur le continent et approvisionna les brigades de canots, destinées aux traiteurs des régions de la rivière Athabasca et de la rivière Churchill.

OBS

Depuis le 12 janvier 2001, il faut désigner les noms des parcs nationaux, des réserves de parc national et des lieux historiques avec les éléments «du Canada». Cette forme doit paraître sur la couverture, la page de titre et les pages initiales de présentation de documents. Par la suite, on peut omettre les éléments «du Canada».

OBS

Usage de la majuscule : dans une liste, sur une carte géographique, ou sur un panneau de signalisation, le générique porte la majuscule; dans un texte suivi en français, la minuscule au générique est de rigueur.

Spanish

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Record 18 2014-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
  • Heritage
OBS

A fort that was one of the earliest and most permanent of the North West Company's posts in the Assiniboine basin. It was also the main pemmican depot in the Company's continental fur trade and provisioned brigades to the Churchill and Athabasca River regions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
  • Patrimoine
OBS

Fort qui fut l’un des premiers postes de traite permanents de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest dans le bassin de l’Assiniboine. Il fut aussi le principal dépôt de pemmican pour les commerçants de fourrures de la Compagnie sur le continent et approvisionna les brigades de canots, destinées aux traiteurs des régions de la rivière Athabasca et de la rivière Churchill.

OBS

Usage de la majuscule : dans une liste, sur une carte géographique, ou sur un panneau de signalisation, le générique porte la majuscule; dans un texte suivi en français, la minuscule au générique est de rigueur.

Spanish

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Record 19 2012-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

[The wearing away of land] as water flows along a river bed and banks.

CONT

Fluvial erosion is the detachment of material of the river bed and the sides. Erosion starts when the flow energy of the water exceeds the resistance of the material of the river bed and banks.

CONT

There are four main types of river erosion. These are attrition,... abrasion,... solution [and] hydraulic action.

OBS

fluvial: Of or found in a river.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

fluviale : Relatif aux fleuves, aux rivières.

Spanish

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Record 20 2012-04-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

In addition to the main channel or channels of the river, floodplains have a network of channels and creeks which penetrate the levees to connect the main river with the back-swamps and meander scroll lakes. Such channels may or may not retain water at all times of the year, but they represent the main path of water and fish movement during the earlier periods of rising water and later phases of falling water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

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Record 21 2011-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
CONT

Barge transportation. The Mackenzie River forms an important part of the [Northwest Territories’] transportation network. The river's main barge transport system is operated from Hay River to the Beaufort Sea...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
CONT

Transport par barges. Le fleuve Mackenzie forme une importante partie du réseau de transport des [Territoires du Nord-Ouest]. Le principal système de transport par barges y est exploité [...] de Hay River jusqu'à la mer de Beaufort.

Spanish

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Record 22 2011-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
CONT

The Mackenzie River forms an important part of the [Northwest Territories’] transportation network. The river's main barge transport system is operated from Hay River to the Beaufort Sea...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
CONT

Le fleuve Mackenzie forme une importante partie du réseau de transport des [Territoires du Nord-Ouest]. Le principal système de transport par barges y est exploité [...] de Hay River jusqu'à la mer de Beaufort.

Spanish

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Record 23 2011-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying
DEF

A federal system of legal title description that identifies the location of land parcels relative to longitudinal meridians of longitude, ranges, and sections of land.

CONT

The Dominion Land Survey(DLS) is the method used to divide most of Western Canada into one-square-mile sections for agricultural and other purposes. It is based on the layout of the Public Land Survey System used in the United States, but has several differences. The DLS is the dominant survey method in the Prairie provinces, and it is also used in British Columbia along the Railway Belt(near the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway), and in the Peace River Block in the northeast of the province.

OBS

Dominion Land Survey; DLS: term and abbreviation used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arpentage
CONT

[...] un nombre relativement peu élevé de stations de jaugeage sont provinciales, américaines et «fictives». Leur emplacement a été déterminé à partir des descriptions de l'arpentage des terres fédérales ou grâce à leurs coordonnées officielles.

OBS

arpentage des terres fédérales; ATF : terme et abréviation en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 24 2010-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
CONT

The wire [of suspension bridge] is delivered to the site in reels, from which loops are carried over the tops of the towers to the far anchorage, where each loop is pulled off the sheave and placed around a strand shoe, by which it is anchored.

CONT

The use of a strand shoe anchorage is restricted to cables erected in situ, and so this detail is found only at the anchorage of suspension bridge main cables erected by the air spinning method.

CONT

The four main cables are composed of parallel wires carried back and forth across the river, each containing 61 strands of 434 individual wires. Each strand wraps around a strand shoe in the anchorage. Each shoe connects to an eyebar which penetrates into the anchorage and holds the strand in place.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts

Spanish

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Record 25 2009-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Mathematical Geography
OBS

The Dominion Observatory was founded for very pragmatic reasons. The objective was to have a longitude reference (with associated time signal) for surveying in Canada: "To open up the West". Surveyors in the field would compare the time signal of the Dominion Observatory with their local time determined by astronomical observations - the difference corresponding to longitude difference between Canada’s prime meridian (Dominion Observatory) and their location. Construction of the building began in July 1902 was completed in 1905.

OBS

The Dominion Observatory was an astronomical observatory in Ottawa, Canada that operated from 1905 to 1970. The Observatory was also an institution within the Canadian Federal Government. The observatory grew out of the Department of the Interior's need for the precise coordinates and timekeeping that at that time could only come from an observatory. For several years they had used a small observatory on the Ottawa River for this purpose. In 1902 it was decided that Canada needed a larger national observatory similar to the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Britain. The new building was thus erected near Dow's Lake on the Agriculture Department's Central Experimental Farm land. This building was completed in 1905. Its main instrument was a 15 inch refracting telescope, the largest refracting telescope ever installed in Canada. While the building and institution were primarily dedicated to astronomical timekeeping in support of surveying, a number of other activities took place here. The Dominion Observatory was Canada's leading institution in Geophysics for many decades, which included the operation of Canada's national seismometer network. The facility did important work but with this bridgehead into the world of astronomy and the growth of the field of astrophysics Canadian astronomers quickly demanded a facility designed for the new scientific age.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Géographie mathématique
OBS

L'Observatoire fédéral fut fondé pour des raisons très pragmatiques. L'objectif était d'obtenir une référence de longitude (comprenant le signal horaire associé) pour l'arpentage au Canada : «Pour coloniser l'Ouest». Les arpenteurs sur le terrain devaient comparer le signal horaire de l'Observatoire fédéral avec l'heure locale où ils se trouvaient, déterminée par des observations astronomiques, soit la différence correspondant à l'écart de longitude entre le méridien origine au Canada (l'Observatoire fédéral) et leur emplacement. La construction de l'édifice débuta en juillet 1902 et fut achevée en 1905.

Spanish

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Record 26 2009-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
DEF

A term used in Bangladesh and east India for lowland rice grown in the wet season during June to November.

CONT

Bangladesh agriculture is overwhelmingly rain-fed and highly vulnerable to floods, droughts, cyclones, tidal waves as well as river bank erosion. For example, consecutive devastating floods of 1987 and 1988 destroyed the country's major crops(rice and jute) ;the drought of 1989 had a heavy toll on the country's agricultural production; the lack of rain in 1994 reduced the main rice crop(Aman rice) production by about 15 per cent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Les précipitations enregistrées durant l'importante campagne du riz Aman (1999/2000), semé au mois de juillet et récolté en novembre/décembre, ont été propices aux cultures.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 27 2008-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

A 240-kilometre long river, located in the state of Main. It rises from Mosehead Lake and flows south to the Atlantic Ocean.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)

Spanish

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Record 28 2008-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Ecology (General)
OBS

The Petitcodiac Riverkeeper is a non-profit organization which has the main objective of bringing back the Petitcodiac River to ecological health and to restore its presence at the heart of our collective identity in south-eastern New Brunswick.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Écologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 29 2007-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The longitudinal boundary surface consisting of the bed and banks or sides within which the liquid flows with a free surface.

OBS

The term "channel" generally means the deep part of a river or other waterway, and its meaning is normally made clear by a descriptive adjectival term, either stated or implied, such as "low-water" channel, "main" channel, "artificial" channel. For the purpose of this International Standard, the word "channel" is always qualified by the adjective "open".

OBS

channel: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Surface limite longitudinale comprenant le lit et les rives dans lesquels le liquide s'écoule avec une surface libre.

OBS

Le terme «chenal» signifie généralement la partie la plus profonde d'une rivière ou d'un cours d'eau et son sens est normalement rendu clair par un qualificatif tel que chenal «principal», chenal «artificiel», chenal «de basses eaux». Dans l'acception française du terme, le mot «chenal» évoque toujours l'idée d'écoulement à surface libre. Il est donc incorrect de le préciser.

OBS

chenal : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Parte más profunda del lecho de un río o curso de agua por la que fluye el caudal principal.

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Record 30 2007-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Locks (Canals)
DEF

A gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing a body of water.

CONT

Highest fish species numbers and abundances occurred in the ungated natural tributaries and in drains downstream of flood-gates.... Even though saline waters from the main river system penetrated the majority of the floodgates during most of the study period, fish passage through these gates was found to be very restricted. [Dialog Data Base].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écluses

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Esclusas
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Record 31 2006-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
DEF

The chief river system(providing 14, 000 miles of waterway) of North America, draining the basin of the Middle Western United States of America between the Appalachians and the Rocky Mountains. Measured from the source of its chief headstream, the Missouri, it is 3, 710 miles long. The Mississippi River proper rises in North Minnesota and flows south, forming borders of nine states, for 2, 350 miles, receiving the Missouri at St Louis and the Ohio(main eastearn stream) at Cairo, Illinois, to a great delta on the Gulf of Mexico. Other ports : Minneapolis, Memphis, New Orleans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
DEF

Fleuve des États-Unis, né dans le Minnesota et qui se jette dans le golfe du Mexique, par un grand delta.

OBS

Le nom d'un fleuve, lorsque cité sans le générique, demeure masculin.

Spanish

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Record 32 2004-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

Industrial city, Bavaria, West Germany; on Main River.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Ville d'Allemagne (Bavière), sur le Main.

OBS

Le nom d'une entité habitée adopte le genre de son pseudo-générique, sous-entendu : «la Rome éternelle» (le nom d'une ville); «le Vieux-Montréal» (un nom de quartier). Le nom d'une ville située à l'extérieur du Canada et comprenant un article défini initial, adopte habituellement le genre de cet article : La Haye, Le Caire, La Nouvelle-Orléans. L'accord se fait cependant toujours au singulier, même si un élément du spécifique est pluriel : «(La ville de) Trois-Rivières est située sur le (fleuve) Saint-Laurent».

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Record 33 2002-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Architectural Styles
CONT

St. James Historical Museum, authentic Red River frame house built by William Brown and his Métis wife, Charlotte Ormand.

OBS

The Red River style of log building construction was one of the original methods used in Canada. The logs were left rounded with notched ends. This type of construction consisted of a basic frame of grooved, vertical, squared posts, mortised and tenoned into sills at their bases or set directly into the ground (in rare, early cases), and at their tips, mortised and tenoned into squared plates. Horizontal, squared timbers were fixed between these posts, with the tenons of the horizontal timbers fitting into the vertical groove of the posts. Roof structures of varying types were built on the wall plates. Red River Frame construction allowed both flexibility and portability. Large buildings could be erected using short logs, and buildings could be easily dismantled, moved and put up elsewhere. For these reasons, Red River Frame was the predominant type of construction used in the Canadian West during the fur trade era. The Red River style of log construction has spread across North America and is currently enjoying new popularity. Red River log construction is yet another Metis contribution to the development of Canada.

OBS

Buildings constructed before 1870 are of great importance because they recall the Red River Settlement era. They will be either of stone or log construction (the specialized log construction undertaken in Manitoba at this time was called Red River frame construction).

OBS

Lower Fort Garry is home to several different architectural designs... Two main techniques used were "colombage pierroté", and Red River frame construction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Styles en architecture
CONT

Bâtissez une maison à ossature de bois typique de la rivière Rouge.

OBS

Les immeubles construits avant 1870 sont très importants car ils datent de l'époque de la Colonie de la Rivière-Rouge. Il s'agit de constructions en pierre ou en pièce sur pièce (on appelle pièce sur pièce à tenon en coulisse le type de construction entreprise au Manitoba à cette époque .

OBS

Lower Fort Garry est caractérisé par divers styles architecturaux [...] Plusieurs différentes méthodes de construction furent employées au fort [...] Les deux principales techniques étaient le colombage pierroté et la construction à ossature-bois dite «de la rivière rouge».

OBS

pièce sur pièce à tenon en coulisse. Il s'agit vraiment ici d'un type local. La diffusion de ce procédé à partir des rives du Saint-Laurent dans le Nord-Ouest canadien notamment au XIX siècle a donné lieu d'ailleurs à diverses désignations dont les plus usuelles sont «Hudson's Bay style», «Red River frame» et «Manitoba frame».

Spanish

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Record 34 2002-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Architectural Styles
CONT

Ross House is important because it was the first Post Office in Western Canada. ... The construction of Ross House is a prime example of a Red River frame building. ... It is made almost entirely of oak timber. All the logs used for construction were hand carved.

OBS

The Red River style of log building construction was one of the original methods used in Canada. The logs were left rounded with notched ends. This type of construction consisted of a basic frame of grooved, vertical, squared posts, mortised and tenoned into sills at their bases or set directly into the ground (in rare, early cases), and at their tips, mortised and tenoned into squared plates. Horizontal, squared timbers were fixed between these posts, with the tenons of the horizontal timbers fitting into the vertical groove of the posts. Roof structures of varying types were built on the wall plates. Red River Frame construction allowed both flexibility and portability. Large buildings could be erected using short logs, and buildings could be easily dismantled, moved and put up elsewhere. For these reasons, Red River Frame was the predominant type of construction used in the Canadian West during the fur trade era. The Red River style of log construction has spread across North America and is currently enjoying new popularity. Red River log construction is yet another Metis contribution to the development of Canada.

OBS

Buildings constructed before 1870 are of great importance because they recall the Red River Settlement era. They will be either of stone or log construction (the specialized log construction undertaken in Manitoba at this time was called Red River frame construction).

OBS

Lower Fort Garry is home to several different architectural designs... Two main techniques used were "colombage pierroté", and Red River frame construction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Styles en architecture
CONT

Bâtissez une maison à ossature de bois typique de la rivière Rouge.

OBS

Les immeubles construits avant 1870 sont très importants car ils datent de l'époque de la Colonie de la Rivière-Rouge. Il s'agit de constructions en pierre ou en pièce sur pièce (on appelle pièce sur pièce à tenon en coulisse le type de construction entreprise au Manitoba à cette époque).

OBS

Lower Fort Garry est caractérisé par divers styles architecturaux [...] Plusieurs différentes méthodes de construction furent employées au fort [...] Les deux principales techniques étaient le colombage pierroté et la construction à ossature-bois dite «de la rivière rouge».

OBS

pièce sur pièce à tenon en coulisse. Il s'agit vraiment ici d'un type local. La diffusion de ce procédé à partir des rives du Saint-Laurent dans le Nord-Ouest canadien notamment au XIX siècle a donné lieu d'ailleurs à diverses désignations dont les plus usuelles sont «Hudson's Bay style», «Red River frame» et «Manitoba frame».

Spanish

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Record 35 2002-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Architectural Styles
CONT

... the buildings ... were built from logs, using the Red River Frame construction technique. Vertical squared logs, slotted on two sides and set approximately three-metre intervals, and supported on a stone foundation, provided the building’s framework. The spaces between these uprights were filled by squared, horizontal logs to the required length, tongued on both ends, and then slid down the slots to be positioned on top of the other. The Space between logs was filled or chinked with a white clay mixture. "Water closets" were the exception. They were the only structures built using sawed boards.

CONT

Lower Fort Garry is home to several different architectural designs... The two main techniques used were "colombage pierroté", and Red River frame construction.

OBS

Buildings constructed before 1870 are of great importance because they recall the Red River Settlement era. They will be either of stone or log construction (the specialized log construction undertaken in Manitoba at this time was called Red River frame construction).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Styles en architecture
OBS

Lower Fort Garry est caractérisé par divers styles architecturaux [...] Plusieurs différentes méthodes de construction furent employées au fort [...] Les deux principales techniques étaient le colombage pierroté et la construction à ossature-bois dite «de la rivière rouge».

OBS

Les immeubles construits avant 1870 sont très importants car ils datent de l'époque de la Colonie de la Rivière-Rouge. Il s'agit de constructions en pierre ou en pièce sur pièce (on appelle pièce sur pièce à tenon en coulisse le type de construction entreprise au Manitoba à cette époque).

OBS

pièce sur pièce à tenon en coulisse. Il s'agit vraiment ici d'un type local. La diffusion de ce procédé à partir des rives du Saint-Laurent dans le Nord-Ouest canadien notamment au XIX siècle a donné lieu d'ailleurs à diverses désignations dont les plus usuelles sont «Hudson's Bay style», «Red River frame» et «Manitoba frame».

CONT

Bâtissez une maison à ossature de bois typique de la rivière Rouge.

Spanish

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Record 36 2001-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

Alternative course in a flowing water body, or a distributary within a delta.

CONT

East Neebish Channel, Ont.

CONT

French River Main Outlet, Ont.

OBS

channel: Widely used.

OBS

outlet: Used in Ont. for the mouths of rivers on the north shore of Georgian Bay.

OBS

channel; outlet: terms validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Chacune des ramifications d'un cours d'eau principal. [Définition normalisée par l'Office de la langue française du Québec.]

CONT

Branche Chartier, Québec.

OBS

Encore présent aujourd'hui au Québec, ce terme était très usité au XIXe siècle. Au Nouveau-Brunswick, entre autres, ce générique désigne aussi la rivière ou le ruisseau, aussi bien que la ramification. Attesté au Québec et au Nouveau-Brunswick.

OBS

branche : terme uniformisé par le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire BT-176 faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

OBS

branche : terme normalisé par l'Office de la langue française du Québec.

Spanish

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Record 37 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • River and Sea Navigation
OBS

The St. Lawrence ship channel refers to the main sailing course of the St. Lawrence River between the Port of Montréal and naturally deep water some 40 miles downstream of the city of Québec-a total distance of 200 miles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
OBS

On appelle «chenal maritime du Saint-Laurent» la principale voie de navigation sur le fleuve Saint-Laurent entre le port de Montréal et les eaux naturellement profondes à quelque 40 milles en aval de la ville de Québec, une distance totale de 200 milles.

OBS

Renseignement obtenu du Bureau du gestionnaire de la flotte - Ministère des transports-(section maritime) - à Québec.

Spanish

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Record 38 1999-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.

OBS

The main producing horizon is the Rainbow Member of the Keg River Formation which forms pinnacle reefs of mounds that rest on the lower Keg River fine-grained crinoidal limestone platform.

OBS

Located in Alberta and Saskatchewan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.

OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.

OBS

L'horizon le plus productif est le niveau de Rainbow de la formation de Keg River. Le niveau est formé de récifs en forme de coupoles ou de dômes reposant sur une plate-forme de calcaires micro-grenus à la base de la formation de Keg River.

Spanish

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Record 39 1999-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

An extremely wide and shallow river which flows through a number of small interlaced channels separated by bars or shoals. Slopes are normally steep. There is little or no erosion of the main banks. The channel as a whole does not meander, although local meandering in minor channels generally occurs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Rivière au lit fort large et peu profond, dans lequel l'écoulement fluvial normal passe par plusieurs petits chenaux entrelacés, séparés par des barres ou des seuils.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Parte de un sistema fluvial en el que el caudal fluye a través de cierto número de cauces entrelazados separados por barras o bancos.

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Record 40 1999-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
OBS

A same designation could refer to a geographic or a geologic entity, sometimes with a slight variant in spelling or writing. It is important to distinguish one from the other and write each correctly according to the given context.

OBS

Fraser Basin has a flat, gently rolling surface mainly covered by glacial drift into which the Fraser river system and other main streams are commonly incised more than 1, 000 feet.

OBS

Located in the Southern Plateau and Mountain area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
OBS

La règle concernant la majuscule au générique d'un nom géologique demeure imprécise. Habituellement, les noms de divisions stratigraphiques portent la majuscule et les entités de moindre importance n'en portent pas.

OBS

Une même désignation peut se référer à une entité géographique et à une entité géologique, parfois avec une légère variante. Il importe de bien distinguer l'une de l'autre et d'utiliser la graphie correcte selon le contexte.

OBS

Une division géomorphologique.

OBS

La surface du bassin du Fraser est plate, légèrement onduleuse, recouverte surtout de drift glaciaire, dans lequel le fleuve Fraser et ses affluents, et autres importants cours d'eau se trouvent fréquemment encaissés de plus de 1,000 pieds.

Spanish

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Record 41 1999-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Pollutants
  • Water Pollution
OBS

The study was conducted under the St. Lawrence Vision 2000 action plan. It quantifies the input of chemical contaminants into the St. Lawrence River from the Great Lakes and from its main tributary, the Ottawa River. The study also assesses the quantity of contaminants exported to the St. Lawrence Estuary.

Key term(s)
  • The Mass Balance (Tracking Contaminants in the St. Lawrence River)
  • Tracking Contaminants in the St. Lawrence River

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Agents de pollution
  • Pollution de l'eau
Key term(s)
  • Bilan massique sur la trace des contaminants du Saint-Laurent

Spanish

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Record 42 1996-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The ratio of the actual length of a river channel measured along the middle of the main channel to the axial length of the river.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Rapport entre la longueur réelle du chenal de la rivière, mesurée au milieu du chenal principal, et la longueur axiale de la rivière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medición y análisis (Ciencias)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
DEF

Cociente entre la longitud real de un cauce de un curso de agua, medida entre dos puntos a lo largo de su línea central y la menor distancia (en línea recta) entre esos dos puntos.

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Record 43 1995-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (Canada)
  • Historical Park and Site Names
  • Heritage
OBS

A river which is part of the Canadian Heritage Rivers System managed by Parks Canada.

OBS

Coordinates : 49°46’ 56°55’(Newfoundland). There are four rivers named "Main River" in the province.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (Canada)
  • Noms de parcs, lieux et canaux historiques
  • Patrimoine
OBS

Rivière faisant partie du Réseau des rivières du patrimoine canadien que gère Parcs Canada.

OBS

Dans un texte suivi, l'utilisation de la minuscule au générique est de rigueur; dans une liste, sur une carte géographique ou un panneau de signalisation, le générique porte la majuscule.

Spanish

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Record 44 1988-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tunnels, Overpasses and Bridges
CONT

At Basra there is a "sinking" bridge across the Shatt al Arab. The brainchild of an Indian army engineer who, during World War II, could not get the materials he required for a more conventional lift bridge, the main span is lowered until it is about 7 m. under water, deep enough for river traffic to pass over it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tunnels, viaducs et ponts

Spanish

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Record 45 1985-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • River and Sea Navigation
OBS

tanker :... an oceangoing vessel designed to carry bulk cargo, usually liquid, and primarily petroleum. Small tankers carry oil in coastal and river traffic, and large ones move it from the main petroleum-producing areas...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Petit navire pétrolier, à faible vitesse, chargé de desservir les ports secondaires et de distribuer, le long des côtes maritimes et des voies fluviales, les produits finis (...) qui proviennent des raffineries implantées au voisinage des grands ports pétroliers.

Spanish

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Record 46 1983-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
OBS

"the main infestation runs northwards from Lethbridge through Vauxhall to Bow River, then southwards through Vulcan and Claresholm to Fort Macleod; finger-like areas extend west to Pincher Creek and south to Raymond. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures

Spanish

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Record 47 1979-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

the main course of a river or stream.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

[On nomme bras une] subdivision latérale d'un cours d'eau séparée des autres par des îles. (On distingue le bras principal, par lequel s'écoule le plus gros du débit, et les bras secondaires.)

Spanish

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Record 48 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drainage and Irrigation (Agric.)
OBS

the canal system usually consists of main canals taking water directly off the river.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drainage et irrigation (Agriculture)
OBS

--au périmètre arrosable (...) doit être tracé de façon à dominer ce périmètre.

Spanish

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