Beaver River (Thunder Bay District)

Beaver River
Location of the mouth of the Beaver River in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Central Ontario
District	Thunder Bay
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed muskeg
• coordinates	49°08′46″N90°41′09″W / 49.14611°N 90.68583°W / 49.14611; -90.68583
• elevation	478 m (1,568 ft)
Mouth	Firesteel River
• coordinates	49°03′02″N90°46′48″W / 49.05056°N 90.78000°W / 49.05056; -90.78000
• elevation	450 m (1,480 ft)
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. ^[1] 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.

References

1. "Beaver River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-04-20.

Sources

• Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2012-01-01. Retrieved 2014-04-22.
• Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #1 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-05-05. Retrieved 2014-04-22.