The Porcupine 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 the city of
Timmins
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,
Cochrane District
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in
northeastern
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Ontario
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,
Canada
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. It flows from Porcupine 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
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A ...
.
Course
The Porcupine River begins at Porcupine Lake at an elevation of and flows northeast under
Highway 101
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out of the lake at the community of
Porcupine
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between the neighbourhoods of Pottsville and Golden City. It flows northeast, takes in the left tributary North Porcupine River, flows southeast through the neighbourhood of
Hoyle and again under Highway 101, and reaches its mouth at the northwest of Night Hawk Lake at an elevation of .
Transportation
The
Timmins/Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome is on Porcupine Lake.
Tributaries
*North Porcupine River
*Porcupine Lake
**Bob's Creek (right)
**South Porcupine River (right)
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
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