The Blanche River is a

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in the

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. The river is a tributary of

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and its name is from the French for the colour "white".

Course

The river begins as Sesekinika Lake in

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Maisonville TownshipDyment, F; Grabowski, G. and flow west under Ontario Highway 11, turns south, heads through Kenogami Lake, then back under Ontario Highway 11 at the settlement of

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, flows under the Ontario Northland Railway (ONR) mainline and past Kenogami Lake Station, enters the municipality of Kirkland Lake and reaches the community of Swastika. It passes under

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and back under the ONR mainline, past the community of Tarzwell on Round Lake, under

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, into the township of

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, once again under the ONR mainline, over the Eighty Foot Falls and Stuart's Rapids, takes in the left tributary

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and takes in the right tributary of

Englehart River The Englehart River is a river in Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a right tributary of the Blanche River. Course The river begins at Fallduck Lakes in Terry Township ...

in geographic Marter Township, just north of the town of

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. The river heads under Ontario Highway 624, takes in the left tributary Larder River, passes into the municipality of

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and then the geographic Ingram Township, flows under

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at the community of Tomstown and reaches the township of Hilliard where it passes once again under Ontario Highway 569. It heads briefly through the township of

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, then into the township of Casey, flows under

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at the community of Judge, and reaches its mouth at Baie Paulson (Paulson Bay) at the north end of Lake Timiskaming on the Ottawa River, east of the settlement of Sutton Bay in the township of

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and just west of the border with the province of

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. The Ottawa River flows to the Saint Lawrence River at

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Tributaries

*Wright Creek (left) *Pontleroy Creek (left) *Taylor Creek (left) * Larder River (left) *

(right) *Moosehorn Creek (left) *

(left) *Boston Creek (left) *Aidie Creek (right) *Smith Creek (left) *Crooked Creek (right) *Murdock Creek (left) *Amikougami Creek (left) *Perron Creek (left) * Lillord Creek (right)

References

Other map sources: * * * {{refend Rivers of Timiskaming District

Course

Tributaries

See also

References