Talk:Mackenzie River

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Hi, I was just wondering who the Mackenzie River was named by. 64.230.118.109 00:08, 25 February 2006 (UTC)megamon88


 * Alexander MacKenzie. --Qyd (talk) 04:09, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
 * 64.230.118.109 The ultimate source of the Mackenzie River is Thutade Lake 2604:3D08:7F80:6E00:3124:BBF:E603:DF20 (talk) 02:03, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Does anyone know where the river will start to freeze over? Is it for the entire length? I ask because I wonder if any ice dams form on the river in the winter months.

Shouldn't this river ggggbe third longest since the Yukon River is over 3,500 kms in lenght and the best they are the most BEST SONGS IN YT and the best they are the most BEST SONGS IN YT and the best they are the most BEST SONGS IN YT and the best they are

Mackenzie dyke swarm
Is the Mackenzie dyke swarm near the Mackenzie River? Black Tusk 23:13, 14 August 2007 (UTC)

List of tributaries excised without explanation?
Someone removed the list of tributaries. But I don't see an ps explanation here as to why it was removed. Unless someone can offer an explanation -- I am going to restore this list. Geo Swan (talk) 21:57, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I added Great Bear River with small article, also russian variant.--Beaber (talk) 17:39, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

Very different data found (perhaps erroneous)
The Mackenzie River. It contains ... Average annual discharge is 8,561 m3/sec with a maximum of 18,188 m3/sec and a minimum of 2,873 m3/sec ....
 * It seems to me that difference is too high for river with such huge lakes in the basin, average discharge is too low for watershed area. Just remark.--Beaber (talk) 22:55, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
 * It doesn't rain a whole lot in that region, and the snow is usually pretty powdery, so not much moisture. Also the high difference is probably because it freezes in the winter.  Googlemeister (talk) 15:27, 8 October 2010 (UTC)
 * 8926 m3/s. I use this site for a lot of discharges in the region... Shannon  talk   contribs  23:00, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Mackenzie Delta
The Mackenzie Delta is linked to several times on this page, but they are all circular references as for some reason, Wikipedia's entry for Mackenzie Delta redirect back to Mackenzie River. The Mackenzie Delta is a unique ecosystem and it deserves it's own Wikipedia article. Somehow, these links should show up in red, since there is not yet an article for this entry.--Tallard (talk) 21:00, 19 March 2012 (UTC)

Tributaries
The tributaries of Great Slave Lake are also tributaries of the Mackenzie - shouldn't they be in the list? I will add them later unless someone can specify why not. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.108.58.134 (talk) 17:20, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

I think the list of tributaries was made referring to those streams that flow directly into the Mckenzie River; the tributaries that flow into Great Slave Lake are drained to the Mackenzie through the Great Bear River. If you wanted to add those you might need to restructure the table. Shannon talk   contribs   17:38, 11 August 2012 (UTC)

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"The Mackenzie (previously Disappointment) River was named after Scottish explorer Alexander Mackenzie, who travelled the river in the hope it would lead to the Pacific Ocean, but instead reached its mouth on the Arctic Ocean on 14 July 1789."

This suggests Mackenzie named it the Disappointment (since he was disappointed that it led to the Arctic rather than the Pacific), but that it was later renamed after Mackenzie. Is this right? When did this happen and who named it such? Hairy Dude (talk) 16:42, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

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Mackenzie River incorrectly identified as the second-largest drainage system in North America?
The article opens with: The Mackenzie River is the longest river system in Canada, and has the second largest drainage basin in North America after the Mississippi River.

The Mississippi River wikipedia page opens with: The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

According to List of drainage basins by area, the Mackenzie River has the third-largest drainage basin in North America. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Smnorm (talk • contribs) 15:32, 16 May 2018 (UTC)


 * I clarified the wording since it probably wasn't very clear. The Mackenzie has the second largest drainage (1.8 million km2) among North American rivers; Hudson Bay consists of many separate river systems -- the largest being the Nelson River, which drains about 1 million km2. Shannon [ Talk ] 19:58, 16 May 2018 (UTC)

Disappointment
The article currently claims, without citation, that Mackenzie named the river "Disappointment River". However, I just read an article from the Smithsonian that says that this claim is likely apocryphal. Apparently, the original letter in which he supposedly did this has been lost, but survives in four copies. One and only one of those four says "Disappointment River"; the other three say "Grand River" instead. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rwv37 (talk • contribs) 00:47, 15 July 2018 (UTC)

Water sources
About 60 percent of the water comes from the western half of the basin, which includes the Rocky, Selwyn, and Mackenzie mountain ranges out of which spring major tributaries such as the Peace and Liard Rivers, which contribute 23 and 27 percent of the total flow, respectively. In contrast the eastern half, despite being dominated by marshland and large lakes, provides only about 25 percent of the Mackenzie's discharge.

So the western half contributes 60% of the water, and the eastern half 25%. Where does the other 15% come from? This is way too big to be a rounding error. If this is addressed in the source, I've overlooked it. Nyttend (talk) 00:34, 29 January 2020 (UTC)


 * Old thread, but... I looked at the source and I'm not sure what the remaining 15 percent is, either. I'll dig around a bit and see if I can find an explanation. Shannon [ Talk ] 18:10, 6 April 2020 (UTC)

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Hudson's bay drainage basin may be larger
The intro claims that the Mackenzie includes the second largest drainage basin in North America, behind the Mississippi. However the Mississippi river article says that the Mississippi is the second largest drainage basin behind the Hudson. The Mississippi river has a drainage basin of 2,980,000 sqkm and Hudson bay has a drainage basin of 3,861,400 sqkm according to their respective Wikipedia articles. It is then likely that this article is wrong, and the Mackenzie is actually the third largest drainage basin. YukonJan (talk) 19:58, 7 July 2023 (UTC)