The Seal River is a river in northern
Cochrane District in
Northeastern
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Ontario
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,
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.
It is part of the
James Bay
James Bay (french: Baie James; cr, ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, Wînipekw, dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost par ...
drainage basin
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, and is a right tributary of the
Kesagami River.
The river begins at an unnamed
lake
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, flows north through Seal Lake, then continues north and reaches its mouth at the Kesagami River, just downstream of the mouth of the
Little Seal River. The Kesagami River flows via the
Harricana River to James Bay.
See also
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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
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List of Hudson Bay rivers
This list of Hudson Bay rivers includes the principal rivers draining into the Hudson, James and Ungava bays of the Arctic Ocean. The total surface area of the Hudson Bay watershed is about , with a mean discharge of about . The Hudson Bay dra ...
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List of rivers of Canada
The list of rivers of Canada is organized by drainage basin and province.
Canadian drainage basins
The major Canadian drainage basins are the following:
*Arctic Ocean
*Pacific Ocean
*Hudson Bay including James Bay and Ungava Bay
*Atlantic Ocean ...
References
Other map sources:
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Rivers of Cochrane District
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