| MacFarlane River | |
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Northwestern Ontario |
| District | Kenora |
| Part | Kenora, Unorganized |
| Part of | Hudson Bay drainage basin |
| Source | Rocky Lake |
| - elevation | 345 m (1,132 ft) |
| - coordinates | 50°00′50″N94°16′16″W / 50.01389°N 94.27111°W |
| Mouth | Winnipeg River |
| - elevation | 315 m (1,033 ft) |
| - coordinates | 49°56′08″N94°33′23″W / 49.93556°N 94.55639°W Coordinates: 49°56′08″N94°33′23″W / 49.93556°N 94.55639°W |
  Location of the mouth of the MacFarlane River in Ontario | |
The MacFarlane River is a river in Unorganized Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada and a tributary of the Winnipeg River. Locally it has been called the "Black River", a reference to the dark tannin stained water.
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.
Unorganized Kenora District is an unorganized area in northwestern Ontario, Canada, in Kenora District. Comprising 98.39 percent of the district's land area, yet only 10.93 percent of its population, it is essentially the remainder of the district's territory after all incorporated cities, municipalities, townships, Indian reserves, and Indian settlements have been excluded. It is by far the largest municipal-equivalent level census division in Ontario, covering over 35 percent of the entire provincial land area, yet only about 0.05 percent of the population of Ontario.
Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1907 from parts of Rainy River District. It is geographically the largest division in that province; at 407,213.01 square kilometres (157,225.82 sq mi), it comprises almost 38 percent of the province's land area, making it larger than Newfoundland and Labrador, and slightly smaller than Sweden.
