Owl River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Manitoba |
Region | Northern |
Census division | 23 |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Fly Lake |
• coordinates | 57°23′49″N94°34′24″W / 57.39694°N 94.57333°W |
• elevation | 173 m (568 ft) |
Mouth | Hudson Bay |
• coordinates | 57°50′45″N92°45′01″W / 57.84583°N 92.75028°W |
• elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
Basin features | |
River system | Hudson Bay drainage basin |
Tributaries | |
• right | Silcox Creek |
The Owl River is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in census division 23 in Northern Manitoba, Canada. [1] It flows from Fly Lake to Hudson Bay. [2]
The river is crossed at the community of Herchmer, the location of Herchmer railway station, by the Hudson Bay Railway. Herchmer railway station is served by the Via Rail Winnipeg – Churchill train.
A large portion of the river from its mouth upstream is part of Wapusk National Park. [3]
Silcox Creek is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in census division 23 in Northern Manitoba, Canada. [4] Its flows from David Wilson Lake to the Owl River as a right tributary.
The English River is a river in Kenora District and Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It flows through Lac Seul to join the Winnipeg River at Tetu Lake as a right tributary. The river is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin, is 615 kilometres (382 mi) long and has a drainage basin of 52,300 square kilometres (20,200 sq mi). Although there are several hydroelectric plants on this river, the English River upstream of Minnitaki Lake is notable as one of the few large river systems in northwestern Ontario with a natural flow and without any upstream source of pollution. It is the fourth longest river entirely in Ontario.
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The Bolton River is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in Census Division No. 22 - Thompson-North Central, Northern Region, Manitoba, Canada. It is about 115 kilometres (71 mi) long and begins at Musketasonan Lake, about 20 kilometres (12 mi) south of Molson Lake, at an elevation of 249 metres (817 ft). It flows northeast through Little Bolton Lake at an elevation of 224 metres (735 ft), Rushforth Lake at an elevation of 218 metres (715 ft), Bolton Lake at an elevation of 212 metres (696 ft), where it takes in the right tributary Nikik River, and Kakwusis Lake at an elevation of 208 metres (682 ft). The river continues northeast over the twin Kasukwapiskechewak Rapids, then over the twin Kakwu Rapids, and empties into Aswapiswanan Lake at an elevation of 186 metres (610 ft), about 60 kilometres (37 mi) west southwest of the community of Gods Lake Narrows. The Bolton River's waters eventually flow into Gods Lake, and via the Gods River and the Hayes River into Hudson Bay.
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A memorial site for Kailyn Danielson (2009-2021) is present near the dam.
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