The Whitefish River is a
river
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in
Sudbury District
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The overwhelming majority of the district (about 92%) is ...
in
northeastern
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Ontario
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,
Canada
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and a tributary of
Lake Huron
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.
Course
The river begins at
Daisy Lake in the city of
Greater Sudbury
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. It flows through Richard, McFarlane and Long Lakes to the unincorporated Eden
township
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, where it flows into Round Lake on the
Whitefish Lake Ojibwa reserve. From Round Lake, the river flows into
Lake Panache
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.
Near the western end of Lake Panache, the river flows into Walker Lake, Little Bear Lake and Plunge Lake along the outer boundary of
Killarney Lakelands and Headwaters Provincial Park
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. Where Plunge Lake joins Hannah Lake, the river flows westward, entering Lang Lake. It picks up the Howry Creek system as a tributary at the
Whitefish River reserve, and subsequently flows into Charlton Lake. At
Willisville, the Cranberry River system also flows into the Whitefish River. The river then flows a short distance further, takes in the right tributary
West River West River may refer to:
Rivers
Canada
*West River (Antigonish, Nova Scotia) in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
* West River (Pictou, Nova Scotia) in Pictou County, Nova Scotia
* West River (Halifax, Nova Scotia) in Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia
* West ...
, and reaches
Whitefish Falls
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, where it ends at the Bay of Islands on the
North Channel North Channel may refer to:
*North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland)
*North Channel (Ontario), body of water along the north shore of Lake Huron, Canada
*North Channel, Hong Kong
*Canal du Nord, France
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of Lake Huron.
Tributaries
*West River (right)
*Cranberry River
*Howry Creek (left)
*Lake Panache
**St. Leonard Creek (right)
**Annie Creek (left)
**Gabodin Creek (left)
**Bevin Creek (left)
*Blackwater Creek (right)
*Makada Creek (right)
*Luke Creek (left)
*Wavy Creek (left)
*Maki 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
...
Sources
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Rivers of Sudbury District
Tributaries of Lake Huron
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