The Fawn 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 wate ...

in the north of the Unorganized Part of

Kenora District Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The district seat is the City of Kenora. It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it large ...

Northwestern Ontario Northwestern Ontario is a secondary region of Northern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the ...

, Canada. It is in the

Hudson Bay Hudson Bay ( crj, text=ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, translit=Wînipekw; crl, text=ᐐᓂᐹᒄ, translit=Wînipâkw; iu, text=ᑲᖏᖅᓱᐊᓗᒃ ᐃᓗᐊ, translit=Kangiqsualuk ilua or iu, text=ᑕᓯᐅᔭᕐᔪᐊᖅ, translit=Tasiujarjuaq; french: b ...

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, t ...

and is a right tributary of the Severn River. The Severn/Fawn basin is one of the last few remaining undammed and unregulated watersheds south of the 55th parallel in North America.

Geography

The river begins at an unnamed lake and flows northeast through Fawn Lake to

Big Trout Lake Big Trout Lake is a large lake in Northern Ontario. The Fawn River (Ontario), Fawn River flows into it from the west and drains it from the east. The Indian reserve, reserve of the Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation, also known as Big Trout ...

, the location of the

Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug ( Oji-Cree: ᑭᐦᒋᓇᒣᑯᐦᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐧᐊᐠ (''Gichi-namegosib ininiwag''); unpointed: ᑭᒋᓇᒣᑯᓯᑊ ᐃᓂᓂᐧᐊᐠ or ᑭᐦᒋᓇᒣᑯᐦᓯᐱᐎᓂᓂᐗᐠ (''Gichi-namegosibiwininiwag ...

(also called the Big Trout Lake First Nation). The river exits the lake at the east and flows north to Angling Lake, the location of the

Wapekeka First Nation Wapekeka First Nation ( ojs, ᐗᐱᑭᑲ, formerly known as Angling Lake First Nation) is a First Nation band government in the Canadian province of Ontario. An Oji-Cree community in the Kenora District, the community is located approximately 450 ...

. The river heads northeast over Ashaway Falls and Crandall Falls, and takes in the right tributaries Little Otter River, Otter River and Fat River. It turns north, takes in the right tributary Pitticow River, then heads northwest. It receives the left tributaries Burning River and Poplar River, and reaches its mouth at the Severn River, which flows to Hudson Bay.

Tributaries

*Poplar River (left) *Burning River (left) *Pitticow River (right) *Sugar Creek (right) *Mink Creek (right) *Stout Creek (right) *Fat River (right) *Otter River (right) *Little Otter River (right)

Fawn River Provincial Park

Fawn River Provincial Park is a linear waterway park that consists of 2 noncontiguous sections, protecting a wide strip of land on both sides of the Fawn River. The first section runs from its source to Big Trout Lake, and includes Fawn Lake. The second section runs downstream from Angling Lake at Wapekeka Reserve No. 2. It was established in May 1989. The park is notable for its position on the transition zone between the boreal and sub-arctic forest. It is a non-operating park without any facilities or services. The park can be used for recreational activities such as fishing, hunting, canoeing, camping and snowmobiling.

Transportation

The river can be accessed by air from

Big Trout Lake Airport Big Trout Lake Airport is located southwest of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug (formerly known as Big Trout Lake), Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern ...

and

Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport Angling Lake/Wapekeka Airport is located west of the First Nations settlement of Wapekeka, Ontario, Canada, to the east of Big Trout Lake and on the south shores of Weir Lake. The airport is operated by the Government of Ontario The g ...

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