The Poplar River is a river in Manitoba and Ontario , Canada . It is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin and flows to the eastern shore of Lake Winnipeg . The river passes through one of the last, large, and intact boreal forests in the world.
17-845: Poplar River may refer to: Canada Manitoba Poplar River (Manitoba) Poplar River First Nation , a First Nation community astride the river in Manitoba Ontario Kenora District Poplar River (Atikameg River) , part of the Kapiskau River system Poplar River (Fawn River) , in the Severn River system Poplar River (Manitoba) (the upper reaches of which are in Ontario) Poplar River (Nipissing District) , in Nipissing District, part of
34-727: A concept to people who speak many different languages, pictograms have also been used extensively at the Olympics since the 1964 summer games in Tokyo featured designs by Masaru Katsumi. Later Olympic pictograms have been redesigned for each set of games. Pictographic writing as a modernist poetic technique is credited to Ezra Pound , though French surrealists credit the Pacific Northwest American Indians of Alaska who introduced writing, via totem poles , to North America . Contemporary artist Xu Bing created Book from
51-457: A fraction of an icon can be used to show the respective fraction of that amount. For example, the following table: can be graphed as follows: Key: [REDACTED] = 10 letters As the values are rounded to the nearest 5 letters, the second icon on Tuesday is the left half of the original. Pictograms can often transcend languages in that they can communicate to speakers of a number of tongues and language families equally effectively, even if
68-420: A variety of pictograms was used to indicate facilities available at or near each station. Pictograms remain in common use today, serving as pictorial, representational signs, instructions, or statistical diagrams. Because of their graphical nature and fairly realistic style, they are widely used to indicate public toilets, or places such as airports and train stations. Because they are a concise way to communicate
85-860: Is a graphical symbol that conveys meaning through its visual resemblance to a physical object. Pictograms are used in systems of writing and visual communication. A pictography is a writing system which uses pictograms. Some pictograms, such as hazard pictograms , may be elements of formal languages . In the field of prehistoric art , the term "pictograph" has a different definition, and specifically refers to art painted on rock surfaces. Pictographs are contrasted with petroglyphs , which are carved or incised. Early written symbols were based on pictograms (pictures which resemble what they signify) and ideograms (symbols which represent ideas). Ancient Sumerian, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations began to adapt such symbols to represent concepts, developing them into logographic writing systems . Pictograms are still in use as
102-402: Is a part of a proposed United Nations World Heritage Site to protect the large intact area of wilderness along Lake Winnipeg and in northwestern Ontario. This wilderness river is one of the few rivers in southern Canada that is still very pristine and clean, with little or no development along the shoreline and in the entire watershed. There are no major mines, roads, hydro, or logging areas in
119-674: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Poplar River (Manitoba) The river begins at an unnamed lake in Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario . It flows west to the Manitoba border before reaching its mouth at Lake Winnipeg. Lake Winnipeg flows via the Nelson River to Hudson Bay. The Poplar River's Ojibwe name is Negginan meaning "my home". Poplar River lies near
136-439: Is very warm in the summer and fall for swimming, unlike glacier and mountain fed waters. There are many cliffs, rapids, and waterfalls along the river. The area has woodland caribou , wolves , black bears , lynx , bobcats , and remote beaches. Many species of birds nest in the region, including the bald eagle and the great grey owl . Pictographs A pictogram (also pictogramme , pictograph , or simply picto )
153-502: The Asatiwisipe River . It is a protected river with pristine forests and many undeveloped lakes and creeks along it. This watershed is the traditional land use area for Poplar River First Nation . The Ojibwe still use the land and waters for hunting, fishing, and gathering wild foods and medicines. The First Nation community has designated their traditional lands as a protected area with the support of Manitoba's government. The river
170-697: The Americas before Colonization . One example of many is the Rock art of the Chumash people , part of the Native American history of California . In 2011, UNESCO's World Heritage List added " Petroglyph Complexes of the Mongolian Altai, Mongolia" to celebrate the importance of the pictograms engraved in rocks. Some scientists in the field of neuropsychiatry and neuropsychology, such as Mario Christian Meyer , are studying
187-799: The French River system Poplar River (Montana–Saskatchewan) , a tributary of the Missouri River in Saskatchewan in Canada and Montana in the United States United States Poplar River (Lake Superior) , Minnesota Poplar River (Lost River) , Minnesota Poplar River (Montana–Saskatchewan) , a tributary of the Missouri River in Saskatchewan in Canada and Montana in the United States [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
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#1732844383294204-462: The Ground, a universal language made up of pictograms collected from around the world. A Book from the Ground chat program has been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally. In statistics, pictograms are charts in which icons represent numbers to make it more interesting and easier to understand. A key is often included to indicate what each icon represents. All icons must be of the same size, but
221-441: The languages and cultures are completely different. This is why road signs and similar pictographic material are often applied as global standards expected to be understood by nearly all. A standard set of pictograms was defined in the international standard ISO 7001 : Public Information Symbols . Other common sets of pictographs are the laundry symbols used on clothing tags and the chemical hazard symbols as standardized by
238-514: The main medium of written communication in some non-literate cultures in Africa, the Americas, and Oceania. Pictograms are often used as simple, pictorial, representational symbols by most contemporary cultures. Pictograms can be considered an art form, or can be considered a written language and are designated as such in Pre-Columbian art , Native American art , Ancient Mesopotamia and Painting in
255-436: The region. The area provides an essential habitat for a segment of the threatened woodland caribou, and also protects habitat for the chestnut lamprey , a species of special concern. Numerous archaeological sites and pictographs exist, helping to demonstrate that the area has long been of special significance to First Nations. The river is a popular destination for fishing , canoeing, ecotourism , and sightseeing. The water
272-430: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical locations with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Poplar_River&oldid=1139125963 " Category : Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
289-458: The symbolic meaning of indigenous pictographs and petroglyphs, aiming to create new ways of communication between native people and modern scientists to safeguard and valorize their cultural diversity. An early modern example of the extensive use of pictograms may be seen in the map in the London suburban timetables of the London and North Eastern Railway, 1936–1947, designed by George Dow , in which
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