The Montreal River is a
river in
Algoma and
Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
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Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes)
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Districts,
Ontario,
Canada. It is a tributary of
Lake Superior.
Course
The river begins at
Montreal Lake at the community of
Island Lake in northwest Sudbury District. It heads southwest, passes into Algoma District, reaches the
forebay lake above Montreal Falls, and then the settlement and railway station of Montreal Falls themselves on the
Algoma Central Railway. It heads west, and passes under
Ontario Highway 17 just before reaching its mouth at Lake Superior at the community of
Montreal River Harbour.
Hydroelectricity
There are four
hydroelectric
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dams and generating stations on the Montreal River, all owned and operated by
Brookfield Renewable Power
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As of the end of ...
. In upstream order, they are Andrews Generating Station (57.78 MW; head of ; next to Highway 17); Hogg Generating Station (17.4 MW; head of ); Gartshore Generating Station (23 MW; head of ); and MacKay Generating Station, at Montreal Falls (62 MW; head of ).
Tributaries
*Little Agawa River (right)
*Sonny Creek (right)
*Jeff Creek (right)
*Rabbit Creek (right)
*Indian River (right)
*Cow River (left)
*Keelow Creek (left)
*Convey Creek (right)
*Tikamaganda River (right)
*Challener River (left)
*Harvie Creek (right)
*Seahorse Creek (right)
*Tempest Creek (left)
*Puswana Creek (left)
*Ebach Creek (left)
*Sample Creek (left)
*Nawahe Creek (right)
*Pemache River (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
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References
Sources
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Tributaries of Lake Superior
Rivers of Algoma District
Rivers of Sudbury District