Beaver River (Thunder Bay District)

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Beaver River
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Location of the mouth of the Beaver River in Ontario
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionCentral Ontario
District Thunder Bay
Physical characteristics
SourceUnnamed muskeg
  coordinates 49°08′46″N90°41′09″W / 49.14611°N 90.68583°W / 49.14611; -90.68583
  elevation478 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.

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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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References

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

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