The Englehart River is a

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. It is in the

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and is a right tributary of the Blanche River.

Course

The river begins at

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in Terry Township. It flows southeast, passes under

Ontario Highway 66 King's Highway 66, commonly referred to as Highway 66, is a provincially-maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Located in the Timiskaming District, the highway begins at Matachewan near a junction with Highway 65. It exte ...

, and reaches Long Lake. It exits the lake heading east, passes over one of two dams and under

Ontario Highway 573 This is a list of secondary highways in Timiskaming District, most of which serve as logging roads or provide access to the isolated and sparsely populated areas in the Timiskaming District of northeastern Ontario. Highway 558 Secondary Highwa ...

at the community of Charlton (in the municipality of

Charlton and Dack Charlton and Dack is a municipality in the Canadian province of Ontario, located within the Timiskaming District. Its population in 2016 was 686. The municipality was incorporated on January 1, 2003 by amalgamating the former village of Charlto ...

), then heads under

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. The river passes over a series of waterfalls and rapids (Sunday Creek Falls, Horseshoe Falls, Hell's Gate, High Falls, and Nuisance Rapids), turns north, flows under

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and the

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mainline at the town of

Englehart Englehart (Canada 2016 Census population 1,479) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario, located on the Blanche River in the Timiskaming District. Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park is located near the town of Englehart. History The Town ...

, then reaches its mouth at the Blanche River at Marter Township. The Blanche River flows via the

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to the Saint Lawrence River.

Watershed

The watershed is about in size and the river is about long.

Natural history

Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park is a protected area in the incorporated townships of Charlton and Dack and Evanturel in Timiskaming District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. Established in 1957, the park is located along the Englehart River, off On ...

is located on the river between the communities of Charlton and Englehart. Englehart River Fine Sand Plain and Waterway Provincial Park includes a contiguous portion of the river between Ontario Highway 66 and the northwestern third of Long Lake, as well as discontinuous sections on the southeastern portion of Long Lake.

Geology

The river's course through Englehart River Fine Sand Plain and Waterway Provincial Park is in the Cross Lake Fault, the northeast facing escarpment of which is the southwest boundary of the Lake Timiskaming Rift Valley.

Tributaries

*Crocodile Creek (left) *St. Jean Baptiste Creek (right) *Sunday Creek (right) *Long Lake **Tamarac Creek (right) **Aidie Creek (left) **Driftwood Creek (right) *Teepee Creek (right) *Flavelle Creek (right) *Middleton Creek (right) *Burt Creek (left) *Kenaja Creek (right) *Rib Creek (left)

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