Assessment Of Impacts On The Slave River Delta Of Peace River Impoundment At Hudson Hope PDF Download

State of the Knowledge of the Slave River and Slave River Delta A Component of the Vulnerability Assessment of the Slave River and Delta Final Report: April 2016 Prepared for the Slave River and Delta Partnership Jennifer Dagg The Pembina Institute With input and updates by: Executive summary The Slave River and Slave River Delta are unique ecosystems and important to the livelihood and culture of [...] Currently, there are three communities located along the Slave River and Slave River Delta: Fitzgerald is located along the river in Alberta, Fort Smith is located along the river on the border of Alberta and NWT, and Fort Resolution is located on the shores of Great Slave Lake near the Slave River Delta. [...] The information gathered for this report was restricted spatially to the Slave River, the region immediately around the river, the Slave River Delta, and the communities of Fort Smith, Fort Resolution and Fitzgerald, with the exception of the section on sediment and contaminants. [...] State of the Knowledge Report Way of life and geography in the Slave River and Delta 2.2 Geography of the Slave River and Delta The most recent glaciation event in the Slave River area was the Laurentide ice-sheet which blanketed the area from approximately 18,000 to 10,000 years ago (Dyke et al., 2002). [...] The Slave River is formed at the confluence of the Peace River and the Riviere des Rochers, the primary outlet of the Peace-Athabasca Delta (Figure 1).