No. 1013.
SALINITY DETERMINATION OF WATER SAMPLES FROM LAKE MELVILLE AND VICINITY, NORTHERN QUEBEC, 1921.*
| Station. |
Position. |
Date. |
Time. |
Temperature. |
Depth. |
Salinity. |
| 1 Lake Melville |
1½ miles N.E. Mag. Epinette Point |
Sept. 27th |
3.00 P.M. |
0.42°C. |
88 fms. |
26.29 |
| 2”” |
5½ miles N.E. Mag. Kinriakak Point |
”28th |
7.15 A.M. |
43° F. |
Surface |
10.57 |
| 2”” |
”””” |
”” |
”” |
6.6° C. |
5 fms. |
11.53 |
| 2”” |
”””” |
”” |
”” |
0.18° C. |
33 ” |
26.60 |
| 3”” |
3 miles off Eskimo Paps. N. Mag. |
”” |
8.25 ” |
6.6° C. |
Surface |
11.33 |
| 3”” |
”””” |
”” |
”” |
2.77° C. |
10 fms |
22.23 |
| 3”” |
3 miles off Eskimo Paps. N. Mag. |
”” |
”” |
1.05° C. |
103 ” |
28.01 |
| 4”” |
4 miles N.W. Mag. Etagaulet Point |
”” |
10.00 ” |
6.6° C. |
Surface |
13.98 |
| 4”” |
”””” |
”” |
”” |
3.2° C. |
10 fms. |
21.91 |
| 4”” |
”””” |
”” |
”” |
0.9° C. |
50 ” |
27.68 |
| 4”” |
”””” |
”” |
”” |
1.13° C. |
120 ” |
28.01 |
| 5”” |
¾ mile S. Mag. from S.W. point Neveisik Island. |
”” |
2.00 P.M. |
6.6° C. |
Surface |
14.58 |
| 5”” |
Ditto. |
”” |
”” |
4.18° C. |
10 fms. |
21.89 |
| 5”” |
”””” |
”” |
”” |
0.4° C. |
50 ” |
27.52 |
| 5”” |
”””” |
|
|
1.1° C. |
143 ” |
28.01 |
| 6”” |
1 mile W. Mag. Henrietta Island |
Sept. 30th |
8.30 A.M. |
43.8° F. |
Surface |
15.57 |
| 6”” |
”””” |
”” |
”” |
4.78° C. |
10 fms. |
20.10 |
| 6”” |
”””” |
”” |
”” |
0.3° C. |
50 ” |
27.68 |
| 6”” |
”””” |
”” |
”” |
0.72° C. |
172 ” |
27.90 |
|
Locality and Place. |
Date. |
Time. |
Tide. |
Wind. |
Depth. |
Salinity. |
| A. |
Carter Basin, Kenemich River, 150 feet off wharf |
July 20 |
9.15 P.M. |
H.W. Springs |
Southerly |
3½ fms. |
4.25 |
| A. |
Carter Basin, Kenemich River, 200 feet off wharf |
July 21 |
7.35 P.M. |
L.W. starting to rise |
West (2) |
3¼ fms. |
3.55 |
| A. |
Carter Basin, Kenemich River, off wharf shed |
Aug. 5 |
11.30 A.M. |
H.W. Springs |
S.W. (5) |
2½ fms. |
3.84 |
| B. |
Carter Basin, Kenemich River, 1 mile off mill bldgs. |
July 21 |
8.00 P.M. |
L.W.S. rising |
West (2) |
13 feet |
2.90 |
| B. |
Carter Basin, Kenemich River, 1 mile outside from warf. |
Aug. 5 |
11.30 A.M. |
H.W. Springs |
S.W. (5) |
2½ fms. |
3.98 |
| C. |
Kenemich River, at mouth of river |
Aug. 5 |
12.30 P.M. |
H.W. Springs |
S.W (5) |
6 feet. |
Fresh |
| D. |
Hamilton River, entrance to river |
Aug. 4 |
2.58 P.M. |
H.W. Springs |
North (4) |
4 fms. |
” |
| E. |
Hamilton River, Mud Lake entrance 1 mile up from mouth. |
Aug. 4 |
3.09 P.M. |
H.W.S. ebbing |
North (4) |
15 feet |
” |
| F. |
Northwest River about 1½ miles up river from mouth. |
Sept. 13 |
1.45 P.M. |
Low tide nearly |
N.E. (3) |
7 feet |
” |
| G. |
Northwest River, opposite H.B. Company's wharf. |
Sept. 13 |
2.45 P.M. |
Low tide just past |
N.E. (2) |
12 feet |
” |
| G. |
Northwest River, opposite H.B. Company's wharf. |
Sept. 15 |
1.00 P.M. |
2 hours before low water |
N.W. (3) |
Surface |
” |
| H. |
Rapids at the foot of Grand Lake |
Sept. 15 |
3.00 P.M. |
Low water |
N.W. (2) |
4 fms. |
” |
* This table gives in tabular form the results of salinity tests in Lake Melville made by the Canadian Hydrographic and Tidal Survey of Canada during the summer of 1921.
[1927lab]
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