Kitigan River

Kitigan River
River
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Northeastern Ontario
District Cochrane
Municipality Moonbeam
Part of James Bay drainage basin
Source unnamed wetland
 - elevation 257 m (843 ft) [1]
 - coordinates 49°20′54″N 82°14′20″W / 49.34837450152284°N 82.23902077619627°W / 49.34837450152284; -82.23902077619627[2]
Mouth Remi Lake
 - elevation 226 m (741 ft) [1]
 - coordinates 49°25′23″N 82°12′02″W / 49.42306°N 82.20056°W / 49.42306; -82.20056Coordinates: 49°25′23″N 82°12′02″W / 49.42306°N 82.20056°W / 49.42306; -82.20056 [3]
Location of the mouth of the river in Ontario

The Kitigan River is a river in the municipality of Moonbeam, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[2][3][4][5][6] It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a tributary of Remi Lake.

Course

The river begins at an unnamed wetland and flows north, then passes under Ontario Highway 11 and the Ontario Northland Railway. It continues north, turns west, then heads northeast and reaches its mouth at Kitigan Bay on the west shore of Remi Lake. The lake flows via the Remi River, the Kapuskasing River, the Mattagami River and the Moose River to James Bay.[2][3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Google Earth". Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  2. 1 2 3 "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  3. 1 2 3 "Kitigan River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-31.
  4. 1 2 "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  5. ↑ Map 14 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
  6. ↑ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2018-09-09.
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