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A C Tiv Itie S IJC IJC Lake Manitoba Lake Winnipeg Niagara River MANITOBA Albany River HUDSON BAY ALASKA-YUKON BASINS OLD MAN, SOUTH SASKATCHEWAN, ST. MARY AND MILK RIVER BASINS ONTARIO The IJC established the International Niagara RED RIVER BASIN Ogoki River Board of Control in 1953 to review and approve ALBERTA Assiniboine River Winnipeg AQUADUCT construction of works controlling flows over Shoal Lake Kenogami River GREAT LAKES-ST. LAWRENCE SK Red River Lake Nipigon RIVER BASIN Niagara Falls. The Board monitors the operation of SASKATCHEWAN Lake of the Woods ALASKA Pembina River Roseau River the Chippewa-Grass Island Pool control structure Porcupine River Fort Long Lac Bow River Frances Rainy Lake above Niagara Falls to meet the requirements of NT Souris River Thunder Bay Old Man River Rainy River ONTARIO QUEBEC the 1950 Niagara Treaty. Under a 1964 order of Yukon River South Saskatchewan River East Upper YUKON Lethbridge Devils Grand Forks Red Lake International approval, the Board also supervises the annual Lake Lower Falls Yukon River Waterton River Grand Forks Red Lake River Lake Superior installation and removal of an ice boom at the Sage Creek Lodge Creek Red Lake St. Mary River Frenchman River Lake Sakakawea outlet of Lake Erie. GARRISON DAM Sheyenne River Milk River Duluth Niagara River Treaty; Boundary Waters Treaty, Alsek River Taku River Flathead River ST. MARY CANAL St. Marys River Milk River Moorhead Ottawa River Article III Juneau Stikine River NORTH DAKOTA Fargo Sault Ste Marie COMPENSATING WORKS (U.S./CND) MOSES-SAUNDERS DAM Lake Ontario/St. Lawrence River Missouri River Montreal Ketchikan Flathead Lake Missouri River GEORGIAN Lake St. Lawrence Cornwall The IJC is reviewing the operation of the Moses- BC FORT PECK Mississippi River GREEN Lake BAY MONTANA RESERVOIR WISCONSIN BAY Huron Iroquois Saunders Dam, which affects water levels and SOUTH DAKOTA Massena MINNESOTA MICHIGAN flows on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Minnesota River Toronto St. Lawrence River Welland River. In 1952, the IJC approved construction of SAGINAW BAY Canal Lake Ontario NEW this hydroelectric power project in the interna- Port Huron Rochester YORK 1. Alaska-Yukon basin 3. Old Man River basin and a 1921 IJC order, is carried out jointly by 5. Red River basin In addition, the Board monitors the implementation Milwaukee Lake tional rapids section of the St. Lawrence River. Activities St. Clair River Sarnia Niagara River Niagara Falls and Milk River basin Accredited Officers appointed by governments of flood-related recommendations made by the Michigan It established the International St. Lawrence River ( ) Detroit Buffalo PEACE BRIDGE Alaska, Yukon and BC panhandle and acting under the direction of the IJC. After IWI Red River IJC in its report on the flood of 1997 and has Lake St. Clair Board of Control to ensure that project operations The Boundary Waters Treaty covers the fresh St. Mary and Milk Rivers holding public consultations in 2004, the IJC The International Red River Board provides undertaken a number of projects to build local IOWA Chicago Detroit River Windsor comply with the IJC’s order of approval. The Lake Erie waters along the boundary between Alaska The Boundary Waters Treaty provides for appor- named an International St. Mary and Milk Rivers continual surveillance of water quality and water capacity for addressing issues within the water- Board also supervises a small diversion of water and Yukon and British Columbia. There are no tionment of the waters of the St. Mary and Milk Administrative Measures Task Force to examine quantity of the Red River at the International shed. The Board is also overseeing a binational, Cleveland upstream of the project from Lake St. Lawrence References or Orders in this region, but any issues whether the apportionment procedures could Boundary. It keeps the IJC informed of basin scientific survey of fish pathogens and parasites PENNSYLVANIA to improve summer flows in the Raisin River near Rivers between Canada and the United States. ILLINOIS that may arise related to the fresh waters in the The measurement and apportionment of the be improved. activities that affect transboundary river flows, in the Devils Lake and Red River basins at the OHIO Cornwall Ontario in accordance with an IJC order region could be referred to the IJC. The Commission water, in accordance with article VI of the Treaty Boundary Waters Treaty, Article VI water quality and ecosystem health of the request of the federal governments. INDIANA of approval. In 2000, the IJC established an Inter- has undertaken some activities in Alaska-Yukon Red River and its transboundary tributaries. Boundary Waters Treaty, Article IX national Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence Study Board related to its responsibilities for air quality along and a Public Interest Advisory Group to assist the full length of the boundary. 7. Great Lakes- various task forces assist the IJC in fulfilling that the outflow from Lake Superior at the Sault with the review. The IJC is currently consulting St. Lawrence River basin these responsibilities. Biennial reports are complies with conditions established by the with the governments of the United States and issued by the IJC assessing progress toward IJC. Supplementary orders in 1979 and in 1985 Canada on the implications of its study. Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement the restoration of Great Lakes water quality. modified the basis for determining outflows Boundary Waters Treaty, Article III Under the 1978 Great Lakes Water Quality Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, and provided for remedial works to protect the COLUMBIA RIVER BASIN SASKATCHEWAN Winnipeg River SOURIS RIVER BASIN Assiniboine River Agreement between Canada and the United Articles VII and VIII St. Marys Rapids fishery, respectively. In 2007, Lake Manitoba RAINY RIVER BASIN the IJC appointed the International Upper Great Qu’ Appelle River MB States, amended in 1983 and 1987, the IJC BRITISH COLUMBIA ALBERTA Lake Superior and the St. Marys River Columbia River MANITOBA Kenora assists the governments by monitoring prog- Lakes Study Board to help the Commission ONTARIO In 1914, the IJC approved applications to divert review its orders and to investigate how channel AQUADUCT Shoal ress and providing advice on matters related to Lake the Agreement. The Great Lakes Water Quality water from the St. Marys River for hydroelectric modifications in the St. Clair River are affecting Kootenay River Moose Mountain Creek Brandon Board, Great Lakes Science Advisory Board, power and to construct compensating works for levels and flows. CORA LINN DAM Assiniboine River Okanagan Basin Kootenay Lake Weyburn Lake of the Woods controlling the level of Lake Superior. The Inter- Boundary Waters Treaty, Article III Souris River Oak Lake Council of Great Lakes Research Managers, Fraser River Nelson Similkameen River ALAMEDA International Air Quality Advisory Board and national Lake Superior Board of Control ensures Penticton Duck Lake Long Creek Rainy Fort Rainy Lake Estevan RESERVOIR River Osoyoos Trail Creston Pembina River Frances Point ROSS DAM DAM KETTLE FALLS ZOSEL DAM Lake Pend Rainy River Roberts d’Oreille Flathead River RESERVOIR DAM Transboundary Okanagan River Franklin D. River BOUNDARY DAM International Skagit Kootenay Air Quality River Roosevelt Lake Falls Namakan Lake River Poplar River Souris River Pigeon River Flathead Lake Milk Lac La Croise GRAND COULEE DAM River PRAIRIE In 1966, the governments asked NORTH DAKOTA Minot Basswood Lake PORTAGE DAM the IJC to bring to their attention air Devils Lake St. Lawrence River pollution problems along the boundary IDAHO Missouri River Lake Sakakawea Sheyenne River LAKE CHAMPLAIN BASIN Saint John River between Canada and the United States. WASHINGTON Lake Superior Columbia River James River ONTARIO QUEBEC ST. CROIX RIVER BASIN The International Air Quality Advisory MONTANA Ottawa River MONTANA GARRISON DAM Montreal Board provides advice to the IJC on OREGON Missouri River MINNESOTA St. Francis River NEW matters related to transboundary Richelieu River Grand FOREST CITY Lake DAM BRUNSWICK air quality. Lake St. Lawrence 2. Columbia River basin of Control supervises the operation of the dam 4. Souris River basin River Basin. The Board also helps to implement 6. Rainy River basin of Control monitors lake levels and outflows Cornwall MISSISQUOI BAY Lake Memphremagog Boundary Waters Treaty, Article IX MAINE Spednic and ensures that conditions set for Kootenay Lake and review the Joint Water Quality Monitoring from the dams at Kettle Falls and International Iroquois Lake VANCEBORO MOSES-SAUNDERS DAM DAM Osoyoos Lake are maintained. (IWI) Souris River Program pursuant to this agreement. In addition, Lake of the Woods Falls-Fort Frances to ensure that the levels of the Massena Vanceboro Under the 1991 Canada-United States Plattsburg Air Quality Agreement, the IJC invites Zosel Dam, which regulates the level of Osoyoos Boundary Waters Treaty, Article IV The International Souris River Board monitors the the Board keeps the IJC informed of water use and Since 1925, the International Lake of the lakes are maintained within the range prescribed Tomah Stream St. Croix River St. Lawrence public comment on the progress Lake, was completed in 1987, replacing an earlier apportionment of waters of the Souris River at its water-related development activities in the basin. Woods Control Board approves the rate of total by an IJC order. River Lake Burlington reports of the governments’ Air Quality dam. The International Osoyoos Lake Board of Columbia River two international boundary crossings consistent Agreement for Water Supply and Flood Control in the discharge of water from Lake of the Woods Rainy Lake Convention Champlain GRAND FALLS Committee and performs other duties Control supervises its operation to ensure In 1941, the IJC issued an order of approval to with 1989 Canada-United States Agreement for Souris River Basin; Boundary Waters Treaty, Article IX when lake levels rise above or fall below DAM Established in 1966, the International Rainy NEW YORK Sysiadobsis West Grand at the request of governments.
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