Beaver River (Thunder Bay District) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Beaver River |
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Location of the mouth of the Beaver River in Ontario
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Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Central Ontario |
District | Thunder Bay |
Physical characteristics | |
Main source | Unnamed muskeg 478 m (1,568 ft) 49°08′46″N 90°41′09″W / 49.14611°N 90.68583°W |
River mouth | Firesteel River 450 m (1,480 ft) 49°03′02″N 90°46′48″W / 49.05056°N 90.78000°W |
Basin features | |
River system | Hudson Bay drainage basin |
The Beaver River is a river in the west of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Hudson Bay drainage basin, and is a right tributary of the Firesteel River.
Course
The river begins at an unnamed muskeg and travels south, passes under the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line and Ontario Highway 17, then heads southwest, and reaches its mouth at the Firesteel River about 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of the community of Upsala.
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