Old Woman River (Ontario)

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Location
Canada
Province Ontario
District Algoma
Physical characteristics
Mouth Old Woman Bay (Lake Superior)
  location
Unorg. North Algoma
  coordinates
47°47′08″N84°53′45″W / 47.78556°N 84.89583°W / 47.78556; -84.89583 [1]
  elevation
183 m (600 ft)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftSouth Old Woman River

The Old Woman River is a river in Algoma District of Ontario, Canada, which empties into Old Woman Bay on Lake Superior south of Wawa. [1] It flows through Lake Superior Provincial Park.

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The river follows a fault which became a spillway for glacial meltwater following the last ice age. The river's valley has extensive deposits of sand and gravel. At its mouth, the river bends sharply behind a beach berm, that has formed as a result of prevailing westerly winds, which in turn causes lake waves to dam the river's mouth with sand. [2]

Towering cliffs along the bay have been home to peregrine falcons.

The name for the bay and river come from a rock formation near the river's mouth that resembles the face of an old woman. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Old Woman River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 Bob Turner; Marianne Quat; Ruth Debicki; Phil Thurston (2015). "Lake Superior Provincial Park - On the Geological Shores of the World's Largest Freshwater Lake" (PDF). Natural Resources Canada and Ontario Geological Survey. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

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