Cedar River (Ontario)

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Cedar River
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Location of the mouth of the Cedar River in Ontario
CountryCanada
OntarioOntario
RegionNorthwestern Ontario
District Kenora
Part Kenora, Unorganized
Physical characteristics
Source Cedar Lake
 - coordinates 50°13′07″N93°07′45″W / 50.21861°N 93.12917°W / 50.21861; -93.12917
 - elevation357 m (1,171 ft)
River mouth English River
 - coordinates 50°35′13″N93°22′54″W / 50.58694°N 93.38167°W / 50.58694; -93.38167 Coordinates: 50°35′13″N93°22′54″W / 50.58694°N 93.38167°W / 50.58694; -93.38167
 - elevation348 m (1,142 ft)
Basin features
River system Hudson Bay drainage basin
Tributaries 
 - leftAnishinabi River
 - right Ord River

The Cedar River is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in the Unorganized Part of Kenora District in northwestern Ontario in Canada. [1] The river is a left tributary of the English River. [2]

River Natural flowing watercourse

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague.

Hudson Bay A large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada

Hudson Bay is a large body of saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of 1,230,000 km2 (470,000 sq mi). It drains a very large area, about 3,861,400 km2 (1,490,900 sq mi), that includes parts of southeastern Nunavut, Saskatchewan, most of Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and indirectly through smaller passages of water to parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana. Hudson Bay's southern arm is called James Bay.

Drainage basin Area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet

A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water. The drainage basin includes all the surface water from rain runoff, snowmelt, and nearby streams that run downslope towards the shared outlet, as well as the groundwater underneath the earth's surface. Drainage basins connect into other drainage basins at lower elevations in a hierarchical pattern, with smaller sub-drainage basins, which in turn drain into another common outlet.

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Course

The river begins at the outflow from Cedar Lake and flows north to through Church Lake to Perrault Lake where it takes in the right tributary Ord River. It flows out at the north end of the lake under Ontario Highway 105 and over the Perrault Falls at the unincorporated place of Perrault Falls, passes through Wabaskang Lake, takes in the left tributary Anishinabi River and reaches its mouth at the English River, just south of where Ontario Highway 804 crosses that river and about 6 kilometres (4 mi) upstream of the Ontario Power Generation Manitou Falls Generating Station. The Cedar River flows via the Winnipeg River and the Nelson River to Hudson Bay.

Cedar Lake (Kenora District) lake in Kenora District, Ontario, Canada

Cedar Lake is lake in the Nelson River/Hudson Bay drainage basins in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.

Ontario Highway 105 highway in Ontario

King's Highway 105, commonly referred to as Highway 105, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Tertiary Highway 804, commonly referred to as Highway 804, is a provincially maintained access road in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Kenora District.

Tributaries

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References

  1. "Cedar River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2011-08-06.
  2. "Cedar River". Atlas of Canada . Natural Resources Canada. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2011-08-06. Shows the river course.

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