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Wolf River
Wolf River (Parry Sound District) is located in Ontario
Wolf River (Parry Sound District)
Location of the mouth of the Wolf River in Ontario
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Central Ontario
District Parry Sound District
Physical characteristics
Main source Halfpenny Lake
Pringle Township
272 m (892 ft)
45°54′16″N 79°45′51″W / 45.90444°N 79.76417°W / 45.90444; -79.76417
River mouth Dollars Lake on the Pickerel River
206 m (676 ft)
45°58′30″N 80°08′19″W / 45.97500°N 80.13861°W / 45.97500; -80.13861
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin

The Wolf River is a river in Parry Sound District in Central Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the Pickerel River.

Course

The river begins at Halfpenny Lake in geographic Pringle Township and heads northwest, passes under Ontario Highway 522 near the community of Golden Valley, then continues northwest almost in a straight line through geographic East Mills Township, geographic Hardy Township, and geographic McConkey Township, where it passes over Pine Lake Dam and reaches its mouth at Dollars Lake on the Pickerel River. The Pickerel flows via the French River to Georgian Bay on Lake Huron.

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