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Its source, located at 208 meters (682 ft) of altitude and its confluence, being at 141 meters (463 ft) of altitude, give it a significant drop, considering its 31.8 kilometres (19.8 mi) in length. The flow of the river at its exit from Lake
Memphremagog passed through a natural
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Due to its regular flow and its significant variation, it was the scene of various industrial activities, particularly in
Sherbrooke and Magog, in the 19th and 20th century. Today, its banks are mainly occupied by private residences, by linear parks, or by a few areas still wooded, industrial
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The river then plunges into a deep gorge, beyond the Paton dam (km 30.4), with a declination of 38 metres (125 ft), over a distance of approximately 1.3 kilometres (0.81 mi), overlapping at the same time two other dams
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course begins in the city center of the municipality of the same name. This departure, located at 208 metres (682 ft) of altitude, constitutes the only spillway of
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lake at a distance of approximately 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) downstream. This lake had a length of 8 kilometres (5.0 mi), then the
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at its northern end. The Magog River then resumes its normal course via a small interstice at the northeastern end of the lake (km 16.3).
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The
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Commission de toponymie du Québec - Bank of place names - Toponym: "Rivière Magog"
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Grass Island Brook, Black Brook (Magog River)|Black Brook, Nick Brook, Dodds Brook
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Dam of the Abénaquis generating station, located in the gorge of the Magog river
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channel between 92 and 150 meters (490 ft) wide; the current was rapid to
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The toponym "rivière Magog" was made official on
December 5, 1968 at the
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La Grande-Dame Dam/hydroelectric center (also known as Hydro-Magog II)
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Dams on the Magog River, in chronological order of their construction
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Abénaquis Dam/hydroelectric center (previously known as SR&P)
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At the first kilometer and a half of its route, there is a first
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Dam/hydroelectric center (also known as
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55:Map of the Saint-François River watershed
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814:Hydro-Magog Dam/hydroelectric center
316:1,900 km (730 sq mi)
39:View of Magog River at the edge of
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972:Kesteman, Jean-Pierre (2004).
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18:River in Quebec, Canada
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360:Saint Lawrence River
356:Saint-François River
229:Saint-François River
688:Years in operation
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347:Basin features
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784:Sherbrooke
773:Sherbrooke
762:Sherbrooke
751:Sherbrooke
740:Sherbrooke
729:Sherbrooke
707:Sherbrooke
642:great falls
420:Magog River
387:Tributaries
352:Progression
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61:Native name
27:Sekosonotek
24:Magog River
992:Categories
933:References
831:1902-1916
820:1897-1911
809:1883-1911
798:1883-1915
787:1877-1916
776:1871-1902
765:1854-1926
754:1849-1919
743:1842-1910
732:1828-1854
710:1802-1842
699:1796-1822
654:Sherbrooke
571:Sherbrooke
557:(km 21.5)
536:brook Noir
531:(km 9.8).
529:lake Magog
517:Red stream
471:Sherbrooke
464:Sherbrooke
456:lake Magog
436:Sherbrooke
313:Basin size
270:71°53′25″W
267:45°24′20″N
241:Sherbrooke
181:45°15′43″N
124:Sherbrooke
41:Sherbrooke
803:BALC Dam
685:Location
658:Paton Co.
602:lac Magog
587:Abénaquis
579:Frontenac
540:Red Brook
488:Geography
401:Red Brook
325:Discharge
184:72°9′32″W
921:See also
608:Toponymy
511:, named
251:, Canada
165:, Canada
96:Province
81:Location
623:History
424:Abenaki
86:Country
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861:Magog
817:Magog
795:Magog
718:Magog
696:Magog
547:Gordon
448:Canada
444:Quebec
440:Estrie
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305:Length
249:Quebec
245:Estrie
163:Quebec
159:Estrie
139:Source
116:Cities
110:Estrie
106:Region
100:Quebec
90:Canada
73:French
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682:Name
559:Dodds
494:Magog
446:, in
442:, in
432:Magog
224:Mouth
155:Magog
978:ISBN
672:Dams
650:dams
591:31.4
585:and
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