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UPPER LAKES AREA [3 records]

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Record 1 2006-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geological and Other Scientific Names
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
DEF

The area around Thunder Bay, Ontario, and the Lake of the Woods, where the tributary streams flow into Lake Superior, the upper of the five interconnected Great Lakes; the hydrographic bassin at the head of the Great Lakes.

OBS

Thunder Bay is located at the highest elevation of the five lakes commonly known as "the Great Lakes", where the firsts of tributary lakes and rivers flow into Lake Superior and, from there, into each lake, down to the St. Lawrence River.

OBS

Distinguish the name of the region, "Lakehead" (always uppercased), from the hydrology term, "Lakehead" (uppercased) or "lakehead" (lowercased), the entry point of tributary streams into Lake Superior in the Thunder Bay area, or the designation of the hydrographic bassin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms géologiques ou scientifiques
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
DEF

Autour de Thunder Bay (Ontario) et du lac des Bois, point le plus élevé des cinq lacs communément désignés «les Grands Lacs» et où se jettent, dans le lac Supérieur, les premiers de lacs et de rivières tributaires qui les alimentent, se déversant, d'un lac à l'autre, jusqu'au fleuve Saint-Laurent; bassin hydrographique à la tête des Grands Lacs.

OBS

Distinguer «Tête-des-Grands-Lacs» ou, régionalement, «Tête-des-Lacs» (avec majuscules et traits d'union), le nom de la région, du terme en hydrologie et hydrographie, la «tête des Grands Lacs» ou «tête des Lacs» (avec minuscule à «tête» et sans trait d'union), le point d'entrée des affluents tributaires du lac Supérieur dans la région de Thunder Bay, ou la désignation du bassin hydrographique qui constitue la source d'alimentation première des Grands Lacs.

OBS

Le toponyme de désignation courante «Grands Lacs» ne prend de trait d'union que lorsqu'il sert de spécifique dans un nom administratif. En d'autres cas, il est incorrect d'en joindre les deux éléments par un trait d'union.

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie

Spanish

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Record 3 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Geography

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique

Spanish

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