The Little Madawaska River is a
river
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in the
Saint Lawrence River
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drainage basin
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in the
Unorganized South Part of
Nipissing District
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In 2016, the population was 83,150. The land area is ; the population density was , making it o ...
in
northeastern
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Ontario
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, Canada.
The river is entirely within
Algonquin Provincial Park
Algonquin Provincial Park is a provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in Ontario, Canada, mostly within the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Cana ...
, and is a right tributary of the
Petawawa River
The Petawawa River is a river in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin in Nipissing District and Renfrew County in eastern and northeastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows from Algonquin Provincial Park to the Ottawa River at the town of Petawa ...
and not a tributary of the nearby
Madawaska River.
Course
The river begins at Lake La Muir in the
geographic township
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Freswick Township and flows northeast to Hogan Lake. It continues northeast from the lake controlled by a small dam to Phillip Lake, from which it also continues to flow northeast controlled by a dam. The river then empties into Radiant Lake on the Petawawa River in Deacon Township, near the unincorporated place of
Odenback. The Petawawa flows via the
Ottawa River
The Ottawa River (french: Rivière des Outaouais, Algonquin: ''Kichi-Sìbì/Kitchissippi'') is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word 'to trade', as it was the major trade route of Eastern ...
to the Saint Lawrence River.
Tributaries
*Owenee Creek (left)
*Oldcamp Creek (right)
*Charles Creek (right)
*Philip Lake
**Grizzly Creek (right)
**Cinderella Creek (left)
*Hogan Lake
**Hemlock Creek (right)
*Lake La Muir
**Grosbeak Creek
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
Sources
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Rivers of Nipissing District
Tributaries of the Ottawa River
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