Namewaminikan River

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Namewaminikan River
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Location of the river mouth in Ontario
Location
Country Canada
State Ontario
Region Northwestern Ontario
District Thunder Bay
Physical characteristics
Source Unnamed lake
 • coordinates 49°17′13″N87°57′36″W / 49.28694°N 87.96000°W / 49.28694; -87.96000
 • elevation450 m (1,480 ft)
Mouth Lake Nipigon
 • coordinates
 49°39′48″N88°05′39″W / 49.66333°N 88.09417°W / 49.66333; -88.09417 Coordinates: 49°39′48″N88°05′39″W / 49.66333°N 88.09417°W / 49.66333; -88.09417
 • elevation
260 m (850 ft)
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin
Tributaries 
 • left Foxear Creek
 • right Roslyn River

The Namewaminikan River is a river in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a tributary of Lake Nipigon.

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Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake in Unorganized Thunder Bay, just 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Cove Inlet at the southeast of its eventual mouth, Lake Nipigon. It travels northeast through Georgia Lake, Barbara Lake, Parks Lake and Trapnarrows Lake to Gathering Lake, where it takes in the right tributaries Roslyn River and Margret Creek. It then heads north, passes into the municipality of Greenstone, and flows under Ontario Highway 11, forming at this point part of the Trans-Canada Highway, and reaches Turkey Lake, where it takes in the right tributary Wildgoose Creek. The river heads west, through Partridge Lake and over the Kinghorn Falls, Chute Falls and Twin Falls ( 49°44′31″N87°53′31″W / 49.74194°N 87.89194°W / 49.74194; -87.89194 ), [2] takes in the left tributaries Foxear Creek and Corrigan Creek, heads through the Long Rapids ( 49°42′44″N87°58′8″W / 49.71222°N 87.96889°W / 49.71222; -87.96889 ), [3] and reaches its mouth at Lake Nipigon. Lake Nipigon flows via the Nipigon River to Lake Superior.

Economy

Namewaminikan Hydro, a joint venture of three First Nations, the Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek First Nation, the Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek First Nation, and the Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation, is developing two sites at Long Rapids and Twin Falls as run-of-the-river hydroelectric generating stations with a combined output of 10 MW. The project was to have been completed by December 2015.[ needs update ] [4] [5]

Tributaries

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Corrigan Lake is a lake in the municipality of Greenstone, Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin, lies in the geographic townships of Sandra and Irwin, and is the source of Corrigan Creek.

References

  1. ↑ "Namewaminikan River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  2. ↑ "Twin Falls". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  3. ↑ "Long Rapids". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  4. ↑ "Namewaminikan River Waterpower Project". Namewaminikan Hydro. Retrieved 2016-03-11.
  5. ↑ "Case Study 8 - Namewaminikan Waterpower Project" (PDF). Footprints to follow - Ontario aboriginal waterpower case studies. Ontario Waterpower Association. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 2016-03-11.

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