The Night Hawk River is a
river
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in the
James Bay
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and
Moose River drainage basin
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s in
Cochrane Cochrane may refer to:
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*Cochrane railway station, Sydney, a railway station on the closed Ropes Creek railway line
Canada
* Cochrane, Alberta
* Cochrane Lake, Alberta
* Cochrane District, Ontario
** Cochrane, Ontario, a town wit ...
and
Timiskaming Districts in
northeastern
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Ontario
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,
Canada
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. It flows from Austen Lake to its mouth at
Night Hawk Lake
Night Hawk Lake is a lake in the city of Timmins, Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is the source of the Frederick House River, which flows via the Abitibi River and Moose River to James ...
, the source of the
Frederick House River
The Frederick House River is a river in the James Bay and Moose River (Ontario), Moose River drainage basins in Cochrane District, Ontario, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, northeastern Ontario, Canada. It flows from Night Hawk Lake in ...
, a tributary of the
Abitibi River
The Abitibi River is a river in northeastern Ontario, Canada, which flows northwest from Lake Abitibi to join the Moose River which empties into James Bay. This river is long, and descends . It is the fifth longest river entirely in Ontario
A ...
.
Course
The Night Hawk River begins at Austen Lake in the northwest of the
Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District at an elevation of . Portions of the primary inflow of Austen Lake, the West Night Hawk River, as well as all of that river's source, West Night Hawk Lake, lie in the northeastern portion of the
Unorganized, North Part of
Sudbury District, Ontario
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The overwhelming majority of the district (about 92%) is ...
, meaning that the Night Hawk River drainage basin is in three Ontario districts.
The Night Hawk River flows northeast, passes over a small dam, turns north, and takes in the left tributary Little Night Hawk River arriving from Little Night Hawk Lake. It turns northeast again, takes in the right tributary East Night Hawk River arriving from East Night Hawk Lake, heads north, and flows into the city of
Timmins
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in Cochrane District. The river heads northwest, takes in the left tributary West Night Hawk River, then reaches its mouth at St. Peter Bay at the southern tip of Night Hawk Lake at an elevation of .
Tributaries
*West Night Hawk River (left)
*East Night Hawk River (right)
*Little Night Hawk River (left)
*Esker Creek (right)
*Austen Lake
**Kitchiming Creek (left)
**West Night Hawk River (left)
***West Night Hawk Lake
**Wabiasin Creek (left)
See also
*
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
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Rivers of Cochrane District
Rivers of Timiskaming District