Kitigan River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Kitigan River |
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Location of the mouth of the river in Ontario
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Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Northeastern Ontario |
District | Cochrane |
Municipality | Moonbeam |
Physical characteristics | |
Main source | unnamed wetland 257 m (843 ft) 49°20′54″N 82°14′20″W / 49.34837450152284°N 82.23902077619627°W |
River mouth | Remi Lake 226 m (741 ft) 49°25′23″N 82°12′02″W / 49.42306°N 82.20056°W |
Basin features | |
River system | James Bay drainage basin |
The Kitigan River is a river in the municipality of Moonbeam, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. 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.
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