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Kitigan River
Kitigan River is located in Ontario
Kitigan River
Location of the mouth of the river in Ontario
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Northeastern Ontario
District Cochrane
Municipality Moonbeam
Physical characteristics
Main source unnamed wetland
257 m (843 ft)
49°20′54″N 82°14′20″W / 49.34837450152284°N 82.23902077619627°W / 49.34837450152284; -82.23902077619627
River mouth Remi Lake
226 m (741 ft)
49°25′23″N 82°12′02″W / 49.42306°N 82.20056°W / 49.42306; -82.20056
Basin features
River system James Bay drainage basin

The Kitigan River is a river in the municipality of Moonbeam, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a tributary of Remi Lake.

Course

The river begins at an unnamed wetland and flows north, then passes under Ontario Highway 11 and the Ontario Northland Railway. It continues north, turns west, then heads northeast and reaches its mouth at Kitigan Bay on the west shore of Remi Lake. The lake flows via the Remi River, the Kapuskasing River, the Mattagami River and the Moose River to James Bay.

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