Misema River

Misema River
	Banks of the Misema
	Location of the mouth of the Misema River in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Timiskaming, Cochrane
Physical characteristics
Source	Sullivan Lake
⁃ location	Ben Nevis Township, Cochrane District
⁃ coordinates	48°16′50″N79°42′03″W / 48.28056°N 79.70083°W
⁃ elevation	375 m (1,230 ft)
Mouth	Blanche River
⁃ location	Marter Township, Timiskaming District
⁃ coordinates	47°54′03″N79°52′38″W / 47.90083°N 79.87722°W Coordinates: 47°54′03″N79°52′38″W / 47.90083°N 79.87722°W
⁃ elevation	183 m (600 ft)
Basin features
River system	Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
Tributaries
⁃ left	Little Misema River

Last updated October 01, 2019

The Misema River is a river in Timiskaming District and Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.^[1] It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Blanche River.

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.

Timiskaming is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma, Nipissing, and Sudbury districts. In 1921, Cochrane District was created from parts of this district and parts of Thunder Bay District.

Cochrane District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1921 from parts of Timiskaming and Thunder Bay districts.

Course

The river begins at Sullivan Lake in geographic Ben Nevis Township, Cochrane District.^[2] It exits the lake at the northeast and travels counterclockwise around the Pushkin Hills, part of the Blake River Megacaldera Complex,^[3] eventually heading south into Timiskaming District and Misema Lake, where it takes in the left tributary Little Misema River in geographic Katrine Township.^[4] It heads south, passes under the former National Transcontinental Railway main line transcontinental railroad and Ontario Highway 66, flows over the Eighty Foot Falls, site of Canadian Hydro Developers' Misema Dam and 3.2 MW hydroelectric powerplant,^[5] and reaches its mouth at the Blanche River in Marter Township on the border with Chamberlain to the west. The Blanche River flows via the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River.

Sullivan Lake is a lake in geographic Ben Nevis Township, Cochrane District, with a small tip in geographic Katrine Township, Timiskaming District, in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is the source of the Misema River. The lake is also located in the Pushkin Hills, part of the Blake River Megacaldera Complex.

Ben Nevis Township is an unincorporated geographic township in the Unorganized North part of Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The township is named for Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the British Isles.

The Blake River Megacaldera Complex is a giant subaqueous caldera cluster or a nested caldera system that spans across the Ontario-Quebec border in Canada.

Tributaries

Spring Creek (left)
McElroy Creek (right)
Estrangement Creek (left)
Victoria Creek (right)
Kinabik Creek (left)
Little Misema River (left)

The Little Misema River is a river in Timiskaming District and Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Misema River.

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References

↑ "Misema River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-05-15.
↑ "Ben Nevis" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
↑ "Pushkin Hills". Ontario Parks. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
↑ "Katrine" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
↑ "Canadian Hydro secures agreement for 3.2-MW Misema". Canadian News. HydroWorld.com. 2007-09-01. Retrieved 2014-05-15.

Sources

Map 15 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2014-05-15.

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] "Misema River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-05-15.

[BenNevisMining-2] "Ben Nevis" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-15.

[3] "Pushkin Hills". Ontario Parks. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-05-15.

[KatrineMining-4] "Katrine" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-16.

[5] "Canadian Hydro secures agreement for 3.2-MW Misema". Canadian News. HydroWorld.com. 2007-09-01. Retrieved 2014-05-15.