| 词条 | Muskrat Falls |
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Muskrat Falls is a natural 15 metre waterfall located on the lower Churchill River about 25 kilometers west of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador. The hydro power potential of Muskrat Falls was recognized in the early 1900s when the Grand River Pulp and Lumber Company proposed to build a dam along with a paper mill. Neither was ever constructed. In the early 1970s an engineering and geotechnical survey was carried out to determine the hydro potential of the site. The site will be developed as part of the Lower Churchill Project, despite concerns of methylmercury poisoning by researchers and local Inuit[1] [2][3] It is rumored that in 1944 the crew of a German submarine had beached it at the falls when they decided to withdraw from World War II. The rumour inspired a novel by Walter Sellars, Hard Aground published in 1992,[4] but was thought to be unsupported. In 2010, coast guards searching for three men who died after being carried over Muskrat Falls found a 30-metre long+ object on the bottom of the Churchill River, believed by diver Brian Corbin to be the missing U-boat.[5] However, examination of historical records shows this to be unlikely, and the sonar images were quite grainy.[6] {{coord|53|14|44|N|60|46|17|W|region:CA-NL_type:waterbody_scale:10000|display=title|notes=[7]}}See also
References1. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/muskrat-falls-labrador-mehylmercury-1.3821827 |title=Scientists back Inuit in efforts to limit mercury poisoning risk from Muskrat Falls hydro project - Technology & Science - CBC News |newspaper=Cbc.ca |date= |author= |accessdate= November 11, 2016}} {{Newfoundland-stub}}2. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/harvard-research-hydroelectric-projects-methylmercury-1.2879212 |title=Not just Muskrat Falls: Harvard study identifies higher health risk in 11 other hydro projects - Newfoundland & Labrador - CBC News |newspaper=Cbc.ca |date= |author= |accessdate= November 11, 2016}} 3. ^{{cite news |author1=Deidre Olsen |title=How Activists Are Resisting a Megadam That Threatens ‘Cultural Genocide’ |url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/j5zbpx/how-activists-are-resisting-a-megadam-that-threatens-cultural-genocide |accessdate=8 December 2018 |publisher=Vice |date=7 Dec 2018 |ref=MB12-8-18}} 4. ^{{cite journal|last=Kelly|first=Ann|journal=CM Archive|title=Book Review: Hard Aground|date=October 1992|volume=20|issue=5|url=http://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol20no5/revhardaground.html|accessdate=7 March 2013}} 5. ^{{Citation| url = http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2012/07/25/nl-u-boat-labrador-discovery-725.html| title = German U-boat may be at bottom of Labrador river | work = CBC News| publication-date = July 25, 2012| publisher = Canadian Broadcasting Corporation| accessdate = July 27, 2012}} 6. ^[https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/group-on-mission-to-prove-there-is-truth-in-legends-that-nazi-submarines-went-far-inland-from-canadian-coast "Group on mission to prove there is truth in legends that Nazi submarines went far inland from Canadian coast"]. National Post, Tristin Hopper, April 19, 2013 7. ^{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =GeoNames Query -Muskrat Falls: Query Record Details | work =Natural Resources Canada | publisher =Government of Canada | date = 2008-11-09 | url =http://geonames2.nrcan.gc.ca/cgi-bin/v9/sima_unique_v9?english?AAPAA?C | format = | doi = | accessdate = 2008-11-09 }} 3 : Labrador|Waterfalls of Newfoundland and Labrador|Churchill Falls |
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