Kirkwall River

Kirkwall River
Kirkwall River
	Location of the mouth of the Kirkwall River in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
Districts	Algoma ; Sudbury ;
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed marsh
• location	Bonar Township, Sudbury District
• coordinates	48°26′08″N83°07′27″W / 48.43556°N 83.12417°W
• elevation	348 m (1,142 ft)
Mouth	Dunrankin River
• location	Kirkwall Township, Algoma District
• coordinates	48°33′58″N83°08′12″W / 48.56611°N 83.13667°W Coordinates: 48°33′58″N83°08′12″W / 48.56611°N 83.13667°W
• elevation	316 m (1,037 ft)
Basin features
River system	James Bay drainage basin

Last updated December 20, 2021

The Kirkwall River is a river in Algoma District and Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] It is in the James Bay drainage basin, and is a right tributary of the Dunrankin River.

Course

The river begins at an unnamed marsh in geographic Bonar Township,^[7] in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District, and flows northwest. It enters the Unorganized North Part of Algoma District at geographic Kirkwall Township,^[8] continues northwest, then turns northeast, and reaches its mouth at the Dunrankin River, about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) southwest of the railway point of Dunrankin on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line. The Dunrankin River flows via the Kapuskasing River, the Mattagami River and the Moose River to James Bay.^[1]^[3]^[4]

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