Whitefish River (Sudbury District)
Appearance
Whitefish River | |
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Sudbury | |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Daisy Lake |
• coordinates | 46°26′37″N 80°54′02″W / 46.44361°N 80.90056°W |
• elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
Whitefish Falls | |
• coordinates | 46°06′30″N 81°43′57″W / 46.10833°N 81.73250°W |
• elevation | 176 m (577 ft) |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• right | West River |
The Whitefish River is a
.Course
The river begins at Daisy Lake in the city of Greater Sudbury. It flows through Richard, McFarlane and Long Lakes to the unincorporated Eden township, where it flows into Round Lake on the Whitefish Lake Ojibwa reserve. From Round Lake, the river flows into Lake Panache.
Near the western end of Lake Panache, the river flows into Walker Lake, Little Bear Lake and Plunge Lake along the outer boundary of
Whitefish Falls, where it ends at the Bay of Islands on the North Channel
of Lake Huron.
Tributaries
- West River (right)
- Cranberry River
- Howry Creek (left)
- Lake Panache
- St. Leonard Creek (right)
- Annie Creek (left)
- Gabodin Creek (left)
- Bevin Creek (left)
- Blackwater Creek (right)
- Makada Creek (right)
- Luke Creek (left)
- Wavy Creek (left)
- Maki Creek (left)
See also
Sources
- "Whitefish River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2010-08-16.
- "Topographic Map sheets 41I4, 41I6, 41I7". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2010-08-16.