The East Mikwam River is a tributary of the
Mikwam River
The Mikwam River is a tributary of the Burntbush River, flowing in the Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, in Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The west side of this slo ...
, flowing into the
Cochrane District, in the north-east of
Ontario
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, in
Canada
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.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The west side of this slope is served by Ontario road 652.
The surface of the river is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice movement is generally from mid-November to the end of April.
Geography
The adjacent hydrographic slopes of the East Mikwam River are:
*North side:
Mikwam River
The Mikwam River is a tributary of the Burntbush River, flowing in the Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, in Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The west side of this slo ...
,
Burntbush River
The Burntbush River is a tributary of the Turgeon River in Ontario, which flows into the Harricana River in Quebec; and the latest flows mainly in Quebec before crossing the Ontario border; then this river empties to the southern shore of James ...
,
Lawagamau River;
*East side: Tomlinson Creek,
Kakika River,
Burntbush River
The Burntbush River is a tributary of the Turgeon River in Ontario, which flows into the Harricana River in Quebec; and the latest flows mainly in Quebec before crossing the Ontario border; then this river empties to the southern shore of James ...
, Porphyry Creek;
*South side:
Seguin River
The Seguin River is a river in Parry Sound District in central Ontario, Canada that empties into Parry Sound on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron at the town of Parry Sound. The river's name comes from the Ojibwe word ''ziigwan'', meaning "spring".
Cours ...
,
Kenning River
The Kenning River is a tributary of the Case River, flowing into the Cochrane District, in Northeastern Ontario, in Canada. The course of this river crosses the townships of Kenning and Case.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; ...
,
Kabika River
The Kabika River is a tributary of the Burntbush River, flowing in the Cochrane District, in Northeastern Ontario, in Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The west side of this ...
;
*West side:
Mikwam River
The Mikwam River is a tributary of the Burntbush River, flowing in the Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, in Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The west side of this slo ...
,
South Floodwood River, Floodwood River,
Little Abitibi River
The Little Abitibi River is a river in northern Ontario. It runs about up into the Abitibi Canyon, where Ontario Power Generation's Abitibi Canyon Generating Station dams the river at Fraserdale, Ontario, Fraserdale, an abandoned railway town.
...
.
The East Mikwam River originates from a mountain stream (elevation: ).
From its source, the East Mikwam River flows on according to the following segments:
* northwesterly, in Kenning Township, to the southern limit of Tomlinson Township;
* northwesterly in Tomlinson Township to the easterly limit of Newman Township;
* westward in Newman Township, then north to mouth.
[Measured distances from the Atlas of Canada (published on the Internet) Department of Natural Resources Canada.]
The confluence of the East Mikwam River is located in Newman Township at west of the
Ontario
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-
Quebec
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border; south of the mouth of the
Mikwam River
The Mikwam River is a tributary of the Burntbush River, flowing in the Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, in Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The west side of this slo ...
; west of the mouth of the
Burntbush River
The Burntbush River is a tributary of the Turgeon River in Ontario, which flows into the Harricana River in Quebec; and the latest flows mainly in Quebec before crossing the Ontario border; then this river empties to the southern shore of James ...
; south-east of a bay south of
Kesagami Lake and southeasterly of Ontario Highway 652.
Toponymy
The following names are of the same origin and are in the same area of the
Cochrane District:
Mikwam River
The Mikwam River is a tributary of the Burntbush River, flowing in the Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, in Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The west side of this slo ...
,
Little Mikwam River, East Mikwam River, Mikwam Lake, Little Mikwam Lake and Upper Mikwam Lake.
See also
*
Mikwam River
The Mikwam River is a tributary of the Burntbush River, flowing in the Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, in Canada.
Forestry is the main economic activity of the sector; recreational tourism activities, second. The west side of this slo ...
, a watercourse
*
Burntbush River
The Burntbush River is a tributary of the Turgeon River in Ontario, which flows into the Harricana River in Quebec; and the latest flows mainly in Quebec before crossing the Ontario border; then this river empties to the southern shore of James ...
, a watercourse
*
Turgeon River, a watercourse
*
Harricana River, a watercourse
*
James Bay
James Bay (french: Baie James; cr, ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, Wînipekw, dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost par ...
*
Cochrane District (
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...
)
*
List of rivers of Ontario
This is the list of rivers which are in and flow through Ontario. The watershed list includes tributaries as well.
Dee River, flows between Three Mile Lake and Lake Rosseau.
List of rivers arranged by watershed Hudson Bay
Atlantic Ocean
...
References
External links
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