Fire River (Ontario)

Fire River
	Location of the mouth of the Fire River in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Algoma
Physical characteristics
Source	Nameibin Lake
⁃ location	Moorehouse Township
⁃ coordinates	48°38′59″N84°01′00″W / 48.64972°N 84.01667°W
⁃ elevation	395 m (1,296 ft)
Mouth	Missinaibi River
⁃ location	Ericson Township
⁃ coordinates	48°52′08″N83°21′06″W / 48.86889°N 83.35167°W Coordinates: 48°52′08″N83°21′06″W / 48.86889°N 83.35167°W
⁃ elevation	260 m (850 ft)
Basin features
River system	James Bay drainage basin
Tributaries
⁃ right	Nebotik River, Little Fire River

Last updated December 17, 2019

The Fire River is a river in Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.^[1] It is in the James Bay drainage basin, and is a left tributary of the Missinaibi River.

Course

The river begins at Nameibin Lake, the location of the mouth of the Little Fire River, in geographic Moorehouse Township,^[2] and flows southeast, then turns northeast at Makadawa Lake and enters geographic Makawa Township.^[3] It continues northeast into geographic Mildred Township,^[4] then geographic Hook Township,^[5] where it takes in the right tributary Nebotik River, and enters the northwest corner of geographic Hayward Township.^[6] The river turns southeast and is paralleled by the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line, a section of track traversed by freight trains and Via Rail transcontinental Canadian passenger trains. It heads past the settlement and railway point of Fire River, heads again northeast into geographic Puskuta Township^[7] then northeast into geographic Ericson Township,^[8] enters Missinaibi Provincial Park, and reaches its mouth at the Missinaibi River. The Missinaibi River flows via the Moose River to James Bay.

The river up to the crossing of the CN mainline is within the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve.

Tributaries

Puskuta Creek (left)
Dishnish Creek (left)
Nebotik River (right)
Mildred Creek (left)
Woodosgoon Creek (right)
Gay Creek (right)
Nameibin Lake (source)
- Little Fire River

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References

↑ "Fire River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-12-06.
↑ "Moorehouse" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
↑ "Makawa" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
↑ "Mildred" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-12-06.
↑ "Hook" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-12-06.
↑ "Hayward" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
↑ "Puskuta" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-12-06.
↑ "Ericson" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-12-06.

Sources

Map 14 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2016-12-06.
Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2016-12-06.

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[CGNDB-1] "Fire River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-12-06.

[MoorehouseMining-2] "Moorehouse" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2016-12-06.

[MakawaMining-3] "Makawa" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-12-06.

[MildredMining-4] "Mildred" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-12-06.

[HookMining-5] "Hook" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-12-06.

[HaywardMining-6] "Hayward" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-12-06.

[PuskutaMining-7] "Puskuta" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-12-06.

[EricsonMining-8] "Ericson" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-12-06.