The Bolton River is a
river
A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of w ...
in the
Hudson Bay drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...
in
Census Division No. 22 - Thompson-North Central,
Northern Region,
Manitoba
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, Canada.
It is about long and begins at
Musketasonan Lake, about south of Molson Lake, at an elevation of . It flows northeast through
Little Bolton Lake at an elevation of ,
Rushforth Lake at an elevation of ,
Bolton Lake at an elevation of , where it takes in the right tributary Nikik River, and
Kakwusis Lake at an elevation of . The river continues northeast over the twin Kasukwapiskechewak Rapids, then over the twin Kakwu Rapids, and empties into
Aswapiswanan Lake at an elevation of , about west southwest of the community of
Gods Lake Narrows.
[ Shows the course of the river on a topographic map.] The Bolton River's waters eventually flow into
Gods Lake
Gods Lake is a lake in northeastern Manitoba in Canada. The lake covers an area of with a net (water surface) area of , making it the 7th largest lake in the province. It lies north of Island Lake at an elevation of , approximately east of Th ...
, and via the
Gods River
The Gods River is a remote wilderness river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in Northern Region, Manitoba, Northern Manitoba, Canada. Its flows from its source at Gods Lake to its mouth at the Hayes River. The Hayes River flows to Hudson Bay.
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and the
Hayes River
The Hayes River is a river in Northern Manitoba, Canada, that flows from Molson Lake to Hudson Bay at York Factory. It was historically an important river in the development of Canada and is now a Canadian Heritage River and the longest natura ...
into Hudson Bay.
See also
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List of rivers of Manitoba
References
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Rivers of Northern Manitoba
Tributaries of Hudson Bay