Greenhill River

Greenhill River
	Location of the mouth of the Greenhill River in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Algoma
Physical characteristics
Source	Greenhill Lake
⁃ location	Makawa Township
⁃ coordinates	48°35′11″N83°52′05″W / 48.58639°N 83.86806°W
⁃ elevation	396 m (1,299 ft)
Mouth	Missinaibi River
⁃ location	Hayward Township
⁃ coordinates	48°43′17″N83°27′08″W / 48.72139°N 83.45222°W Coordinates: 48°43′17″N83°27′08″W / 48.72139°N 83.45222°W
⁃ elevation	286 m (938 ft)
Basin features
River system	James Bay drainage basin
Tributaries
⁃ right	South Greenhill River

Last updated October 01, 2019

The Greenhill 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.

Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario.

Northeastern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario which lies north of Lake Huron and east of Lake Superior.

Ontario is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada's most populous province accounting for 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province in total area. Ontario is fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is also Ontario's provincial capital.

Course

The river begins at Greenhill Lake in geographic Makawa Township^[2] and flows north, curving around the west side of the lake to eventually head southeast to Amik Lake. It continues south east then northeast through the north central part of geographic Amik Township,^[3] then enters geographic Nebotik Township at the southwest corner. The river continues northeast, then turns east and takes in the right tributary South Greenhill River. It continues east, enters geographic Conking Township,^[4] turns northeast, enters geographic Hayward Township,^[5] flows under the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway points of Fire River to the west and Argolis to the east, a section of track travelled on by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian passenger trains, and reaches its mouth at the Missinaibi River. The Missinaibi River flows via the Moose River to James Bay.

The South Greenhill River is a river in Algoma District and Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin, and is a right tributary of the Greenhill River.

Canadian National is a Canadian Class I freight railway headquartered in Montreal, Quebec that serves Canada and the Midwestern and Southern United States.

A transcontinental railroad is a contiguous network of railroad trackage that crosses a continental land mass with terminals at different oceans or continental borders. Such networks can be via the tracks of either a single railroad, or over those owned or controlled by multiple railway companies along a continuous route. Although Europe is crisscrossed by railways, the railroads within Europe are usually not considered transcontinental, with the possible exception of the historic Orient Express. Transcontinental railroads helped open up unpopulated interior regions of continents to exploration and settlement that would not otherwise have been feasible. In many cases they also formed the backbones of cross-country passenger and freight transportation networks.

The entire course of the river, except for the short portion downstream (to the north) of the CN mainline, is within the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. That remaining short portion is within Missinaibi Provincial Park.

The Chapleau Crown Game Preserve is a fur bearing animal preserve area in Ontario, Canada, north-east of Lake Superior. It covers some 7,000 square kilometres (2,700 sq mi) in the Algoma and Sudbury Districts, and is officially classified as a Crown Game Preserve by the Government of Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.

Tributaries

South Greenhill River (right)
Winjiget Creek (right)
Timia Creek (right)

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References

↑ "Greenhill River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-11-18.
↑ "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 2016-11-18.
↑ "Amik" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-11-25.
↑ "Conking" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-11-25.
↑ "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 2016-11-18.

Sources

Map 14 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2016-11-18.

The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO) is the provincial ministry of the Government of Ontario that is responsible for transport infrastructure and related law in Ontario. The ministry traces its roots back over a century to the 1890s, when the province began training Provincial Road Building Instructors. In 1916, the Department of Public Highways of Ontario (DPHO) was formed and tasked with establishing a network of provincial highways. The first was designated in 1918, and by the summer of 1925, sixteen highways were numbered. In the mid-1920s, a new Department of Northern Development (DND) was created to manage infrastructure improvements in northern Ontario; it merged with the Department of Highways of Ontario (DHO) on April 1, 1937. In 1971, the Department of Highways took on responsibility for Communications and in 1972 was reorganized as the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC), which then became the Ministry of Transportation in 1987.

The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing is the department of the Government of Ontario that is responsible for municipal affairs and housing in the Canadian province of Ontario.

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[CGNDB-1] "Greenhill River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-11-18.

[MakawaMining-2] "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 2016-11-18.

[AmikMining-3] "Amik" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-11-25.

[ConkingMining-4] "Conking" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . Retrieved 2016-11-25.

[HaywardMining-5] "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 2016-11-18.