The Lady Evelyn 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 Nipissing,

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and Timiskaming Districts,

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, Canada. The river begins at the confluence of the North and South Lady Evelyn Rivers and flows to its mouth at the Montreal River. It lies mostly in

Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park is a remote wilderness park in northeastern Ontario, Canada, north of Lake Temagami. It is one of five provincial parks located in the Temagami area. This park encompasses Smoothwater Lake, Makobe Lake, t ...

, and mostly within Timiskaming District, with the exception of a short portion of the South Branch at its most southern stretch, which lies in northeastern Sudbury District, and of the southernmost tip of

Lady Evelyn Lake Lady Evelyn Lake is a lake on the Lady Evelyn River in Timiskaming District, Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The highly irregularly shaped lake consists of two parts, about equal in size, separated by the Obisaga Narrows. The southern part is wi ...

, which lies in northwestern Nipissing District. Numerous

waterfall A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf. Waterfalls can be formed in several wa ...

s are found along the Lady Evelyn River, such as Frank's Falls. The most impressive and highest is

Helen Falls Helen Falls is a waterfall on the Lady Evelyn River within Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater Provincial Park in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The falls are the highest and most impressive on the Lady Evelyn River with a height more than . See also *List of ...

where water cascades from a height more than .

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* * Rivers of Sudbury District Rivers of Nipissing District Tributaries of the Ottawa River {{NorthernOntario-river-stub