The Nemegosenda River (Official name in french: Rivière Nemegosenda;
historically also called the Trout River
) is a
river
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in
Algoma District and
Sudbury District in
northeastern
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Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
It is in the
James Bay
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drainage basin
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, and is a right tributary of the
Kapuskasing River
The Kapuskasing River is a river in the James Bay drainage basin in Cochrane District and Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Shows the river course. The river is a left tributary of the Mattagami River.
Course
The river begins at ...
.
Course
The river begins at Nemegos Lake in
geographic
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Halsey Township,
Sudbury District, and flows northeast under the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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transcontinental railway main line
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at the community of
Nemegos, location of the
Nemegos railway station served by the
Via Rail Sudbury–White River train
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. The river continues north into geographic McNaught Township,
then northeast through the northwestern tip of Lackner Township
into geographic Gamey Township.
The river loops west then east through geographic Borden Township
back to Gamey township then goes north into geographic Chewett Township,
flows under
Ontario Highway 101, then heads northwest to
Nemegosenda Lake, where it takes in the left tributary
Borden River.
The river leaves the lake from geographic Collins Township
at the north and heads north; the Chapleau-Nemegosenda River Provincial Park, operated by
Ontario Parks, begins just north of the outflow from the lake.
It continues northeast through the southwest tip of geographic Alcorn Township
then the northwest corner of geographic Paul Township
to geographic Lincoln Township
and reaches Frog Lake. The river heads north, straddling the western border of the township and the eastern border of geographic Copperfield Township
adjacent to the west, before flowing northeast into geographic Sherlock Township.
The river enters geographic Kapuskasing Township
in Algoma District, and flows under the
Canadian National Railway
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transcontinental railway main line
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, between the railway points of
Elsas to the west and
Oatland to the east; the line is served at
Elsas railway station by
Via Rail transcontinental ''
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'' trains. It then heads northwest and reaches its mouth at the Kapuskasing River, immediately downstream of that river's source at
Kapuskasing Lake
Kapuskasing Lake is a lake in Algoma District and Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is the source of the Kapuskasing River. The majority of the lake is in geographic Kapuskasing Township, ...
. The
Kapuskasing River
The Kapuskasing River is a river in the James Bay drainage basin in Cochrane District and Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. Shows the river course. The river is a left tributary of the Mattagami River.
Course
The river begins at ...
flows via the
Mattagami River
The Mattagami River is a river in Northern Ontario, Canada.
The Mattagami flows from its source at Mattagami Lake in geographic Gouin Township in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District, on the Canadian Shield southwest of Timmins, Lengt ...
and the
Moose River to James Bay.
Tributaries
*Lougheed Creek (right)
*Shiners Creek (right)
*Sherlock Creek (right)
*Paul Creek (right)
*Nemegosenda Lake
**Borden River (left)
*Roswell Creek (right)
*Kilpatrick Creek (left)
*Lackner Creek (right)
*Poulin Creek (left)
*Nemegos Lake
**Koko Creek
References
Sources
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Rivers of Algoma District
Rivers of Sudbury District