Whitefish River (Thunder Bay District)

Whitefish River
Location of the mouth of the Whitefish River in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northwestern Ontario
District	Thunder Bay
Municipalities	Oliver Paipoonge O'Connor Gillies
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed lake
• location	Nolalu Local Service Board
• coordinates	48°16′19″N 90°08′43″W
• elevation	519 m (1,703 ft)
Mouth	Kaministiquia River
• location	Oliver Paipoonge
• coordinates	48°21′55″N 89°35′02″W
• elevation	216 m (709 ft)
Length	45 km (28 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	North River

The Whitefish River is a 45 km (28 mi) long river in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Lake Superior drainage basin, is a tributary of the Kaministiquia River, and is in the centre of the Whitefish River Valley which is the location of several small settlements that grew along the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway.

Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake in the Nolalu Local Service Board about 7 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of the community of Mackies, on Ontario Highway 588, and flows east to take in the left tributary North River. It continues northeast through the townships of Gillies, O'Connor and Oliver Paipoonge, and reaches its mouth at the Kaministiquia River, which empties into Thunder Bay on Lake Superior.

Tributaries

• Cedar Creek (left)
• Whitewood Creek (left)
• Silver Creek (right)
• Sitch Creek (right)
• Silver Falls Creek (right)
• Beaver Creek (right)
• North River (left)

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario

Sources

• "Whitefish River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2010-08-18.
• "Topographic Map sheets 52A5, 52B8". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2010-08-18.