Mackenzie River basins, mostly in Alberta. The cold northern permafrost regions beyond the Arctic Circle are very sparsely populated, mainly by indigenous peoples. Most of the Mackenzie watershed is unbroken wilderness and human activities have little influence on the overall water quality, although there are some localized impacts. Some parts of the Mackenzie basin are rich in natural resources – oil and gas in the Northwest Territories and in central Alberta, lumber in the Peace River headwaters, uranium in Saskatchewan, gold and zinc in the Great Slave Lake area and tungsten in the Yukon. As of 2003 there were two operational gold
North River (Belmont Lake) which flows via the Trent River to Lake Ontario. North River (Belmont Lake) The North River is a river in the municipality of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, Peterborough County in Central Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Great Lakes Basin, and is a right tributary of the Crowe River. The river begins at Imp Lake in geographic Methuen Township and flows south, past the Blue Mountain Mine at Devil's Lake, to Kasshabog Lake. It continues south to Long Lake, then turns east, then resumes a southward direction, and enters geographic Belmont Township. The river passes through Round Lake, turns east, and reaches