Fox River (Thunder Bay District)

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Fox River
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Location of the mouth of the Fox River in Ontario
Location
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Northwestern Ontario
District Thunder Bay
Physical characteristics
Source Unnamed lake
  coordinates 48°20′37″N85°27′53″W / 48.34361°N 85.46472°W / 48.34361; -85.46472
  elevation506 m (1,660 ft)
Mouth Pukaskwa River
  coordinates
48°13′55″N85°37′06″W / 48.23194°N 85.61833°W / 48.23194; -85.61833
  elevation
378 m (1,240 ft)
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin

The Fox River is a river in Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the Pukaskwa River, which it enters within Pukaskwa National Park.

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Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake and flows southwest into Partridge Lake [2] and then onward into Fox Lake. It continues southwest, enters Pukaskwa National Park, and reaches its mouth at the Pukaskwa River, which flows to Lake Superior.

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References

  1. "Fox River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-09-15.
  2. "Partridge Lake". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-09-15.

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