Wolf River (Thunder Bay District)

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Wolf River
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Location of the mouth of the Wolf River in Ontario
Location
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Northwestern Ontario
District Thunder Bay District
Physical characteristics
SourceUpper Wolf Lake
  coordinates 48°56′49″N88°58′40″W / 48.94694°N 88.97778°W / 48.94694; -88.97778
  elevation428 m (1,404 ft)
Mouth Lake Superior
  coordinates
48°49′02″N88°29′09″W / 48.81722°N 88.48583°W / 48.81722; -88.48583 Coordinates: 48°49′02″N88°29′09″W / 48.81722°N 88.48583°W / 48.81722; -88.48583
  elevation
183 m (600 ft)
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin

The Wolf River is a river in Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a tributary Lake Superior.

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Course

The river begins at Upper Wolf Lake in geographic Glen Township and heads east to Upper Clearwater Lake. It turns southeast through Lower Clearwater Lake, then east, northeast and once again southeast to Wolf Lake. It passes southeast out of the lake over a weir dam and enters the municipality of Dorion, heads under Ontario Highway 17/Ontario Highway 11 (at this point part of the Trans-Canada Highway) and the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line, and reaches Black Bay on Lake Superior.

Tributaries

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References

  1. "Wolf River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved October 27, 2013.

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