The Beaver River is a
river in the west of
Thunder Bay District in
Northwestern Ontario, Canada.
It is part of the
Hudson Bay drainage basin, and is a right tributary of the
Firesteel River.
Course
The river begins at an unnamed
muskeg
Muskeg (Ojibwe: mashkiig; cr, maskīk; french: fondrière de mousse, lit. ''moss bog'') is a peat-forming ecosystem found in several northern climates, most commonly in Arctic and boreal areas. Muskeg is approximately synonymous with bog or ...
and travels south, passes under the
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway (french: Chemin de fer Canadien Pacifique) , also known simply as CPR or Canadian Pacific and formerly as CP Rail (1968–1996), is a Canadian Class I railway incorporated in 1881. The railway is owned by Canadi ...
transcontinental
Transcontinental may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
* "Transcontinental", a song by the band Pedro the Lion from the album ''Achilles Heel''
* TC Transcontinental, a publishing, media and marketing company based in Canada, a subsidiary o ...
main line
Mainline, ''Main line'', or ''Main Line'' may refer to:
Transportation
Railway
* Main line (railway), the principal artery of a railway system
* Main line railway preservation, the practice of operating preserved trains on an operational railw ...
and
Ontario Highway 17, then heads southwest, and reaches its mouth at the Firesteel River about west of the community of
Upsala.
References
Sources
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Rivers of Thunder Bay District
Tributaries of Hudson Bay
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