Bill Rannie

Title: Senior Scholar
Email: b.rannie@uwinnipeg.ca

Research Interests:
Historic hydrology of the eastern Prairies and northwestern Ontario.
Evolution of the lower Assiniboine River.
Bank failure of the Red River in the 19th Century.

Publications:
Rannie, W.F. 2010. One damned thing after another: The environmental challenges of the Red River Settlement. in A. Lindsay and J. Ching (ed.), Papers of the Rupert's Land Colloquium. University of Winnipeg: 353-374

Rannie, W.F. 2011. Could the Red River channel have been narrower in the early 19th Century? Prairie Perspectives: Geographical Essays 13: 1-11.

Rannie, W.F. 2006 A comparision of 1858-59 and 2000-2001 drought patterns on the Canadian Prairies. Canadian Water Resources Journal 31(4): 263-274.

Rannie, W.F. 2006. Evidence for episodes of unusually wet 19th Century summers in the eastern Prairies and northwestern Ontario. Prairie Perspectives: Geographical Essays 9(1): 85-104.

Rannie, W.F. 2006. Summer rainfall on the Prairies during the Palliser and Hind Expeditions, 1857-59. Prairie Forum 31 (1): 17-38.

Rannie, W.F. 2005. Pre-20th Century settlement at the Forks and flooding. in Geomorphic Systems in the Red River Valley, Manitoba. Field Trip Guide: 16-21.

Rannie, W.F. 2003. Some observations on peak stages during the 1826 Red River flood and the "Fleming Conundrum". in D. Eberts and D. Wiseman (ed.), Prairie Perspectives: Geographical Essays 6: 1-15.

St. George, S. and B. Rannie. 2003. The causes, progression and magnitude of the 1826 Red River Flood in Manitoba. Canadian Water Resources Journal 28 (1): 99-120.

Rannie, W.F. 2002. The role of the Assiniboine River in the 1826 and 1852 Red River floods. in B. Thraves (ed.), Prairie Perspectives, Geographical Essays 5: pp. 56-75.

Rannie, W.F. 2001. The 'Grass Fire Era' on the southeastern Canadian prairies. in D. Munski (ed.), Prairie Perspectives, Geographical Essays 4: pp. 1-19.

Rannie, W.F. 2001. Assessment of the historic hydrology of the Assiniboine River and watershed, 1793-1870. Geological Survey of Canada Open-File 4087. Ottawa: 245 p.

Rannie, W.F. 2001. Awful splendor: Historical accounts of prairie fire in southern Manitoba prior to 1870. Prairie Forum 26(1), Spring: pp. 17-46.

Rannie, W.F. 1999. An historical perspective on flooding in the Red River valley. in Proceedings, Red River Flooding, Decreasing Our Risks. Winnipeg: pp. I:1-I:24.

Rannie, W.F. 1999. A geomorphological perspective on the antiquity of the "Forks". Manitoba Archaeological Journal 9(1): pp. 103-113.

Rannie, W.F. 1999. Manitoba flood protection and control strategies. Proceedings, 91st Annual Meeting, North Dakota Academy of Science 53: pp. 38-43.

Rannie, W.F. 1999. A survey of hydroclimate, flooding, and runoff in the Red River basin prior to 1870. Geological Survey of Canada, Open-File Report 3705, Ottawa: 189 p.; also published on the International Joint Commission web site- International Red River Basin Task Force, Related Publications, www.ijc.org/boards/rrbtf.html.

Rannie, W.F. 1998. The 1997 Red River flood in Manitoba, Canada. in J.Lehr and H.J.Selwood (eds.), Prairie Perspectives: Geographical Essays 1. University of Winnipeg: pp. 1-24.

Wiche, G.J., R.M. Lent, W.F. Rannie, and A.V. Vecchio. 1997. A history of lake-level fluctuations for Devil's Lake, North Dakota, since the early 1800's. Proceedings, North Dakota Academy of Science 51: pp. 34-39.

Wiche, G.J., R.M. Lent and W. F. Rannie. 1996. 'Late Little Ice Age' aridity in the North American Great Plains: A comment on Fritz, Engstrom and Haskell. Holocene 6 (4): pp. 489-90.

Rannie, W. F. and D. Blair. 1995. Historic and recent analogues for the extreme 1993 summer precipitation in the North American mid-continent. Weather 50 (6): pp. 193-200.

Blair, D. and W. F. Rannie. 1994. "Wading to Pembina": 1849 spring and summer weather in the valley of the Red River of the North and some climatic implications. Great Plains Research 3 (1): pp. 3-26.

Rannie, W.F. 1992. The role of frost as a limiting factor to wheat production in the Red River settlement. Prairie Forum 17 (1): pp. 1-12.

Rannie, W. F. 1990. Change in frost season characteristics in Winnipeg, 1872-1988. Climatological Bulletin 24 (3): pp. 168-177.

Rannie, W. F. 1990. The Portage la Prairie `Floodplain Fan'. in A. H. Rachocki and M. Church (eds.), Alluvial Fans: A Field Approach. London: John Wiley and Sons: pp. 179-193.

Rannie, W. F., L. H. Thorleifson and J. T. Teller. 1989. Holocene evolution of the Assiniboine River paleochannels and Portage la Prairie alluvial fan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 26: pp. 1834-1841.

Rannie, W. F. and E. Punter. 1987. Survey of existing data on levels and sources of mercury within the region covered by the Canada-Manitoba Mercury Agreement. Technical Appendix 2, Summary Report, Canada-Manitoba Agreement on the Study and Monitoring of Mercury in the Churchill River Diversion. Environment Canada/Manitoba Department of the Environment: 131 pp.

Rannie, W. F. 1986. Summer air temperature and number of vascular species in Arctic Canada. Arctic 39 (2): pp. 133-137.

Rannie, W. F. 1983. Breakup and freezeup of the Red River at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in the 19th Century and some climatic implications. Climatic Change 5: pp. 283-296.

Rannie, W. F. 1980. The Red River flood control system and recent flood events. Water Resources Bulletin 16 (2): pp. 207-214.

Rannie, W. F. 1978. An approach to the prediction of suspended sediment rating curves. Chapter 7 in Research in Fluvial Geomorphology. Norwich, England: Geo Abstracts Ltd.: pp. 149-167.

Rannie, W. F. 1977. A note on the effect of a glacier on the summer thermal climate of an ice-marginal area. Arctic and Alpine Research 9 (3): pp. 301-304.

McPherson, H. J. and W. F. Rannie. 1969. Geomorphic effects of the May 1967 flood in Graburn watershed, Cypress Hills, Alberta, Canada. Journal of Hydrology 9: pp. 307-321.

Ostrem, G., C. W. Bridge, and W. F. Rannie. 1967. Glacio-hydrology, discharge and sediment transport in the Decade Glacier area, Baffin Island, N.W.T. Geografiska Annaler 49 (A), nos. 2-4: pp. 268-282.