The Whitesand River is a river in
Thunder Bay District
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Most of the district (93.5%) is uni ...
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Canada
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, that flows south into the northwest side of
Lake Nipigon
Lake Nipigon ( ; ; ) is a freshwater lake in Northwestern Ontario. Part of the Great Lakes drainage basin, it drains through the Nipigon River into Lake Superior. It is the largest lake entirely within the Canadian province of Ontario.
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Course
The river begins at
Selassie Lake
Selassie Lake is a lake in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada, and the source of the Whitesand River which flows into Lake Nipigon. It is about long and wide and is at an elevation of . Selassie Lake is adjacent to Haile Lake, which also flo ...
at an elevation of . Selassie Lake is adjacent to Haile Lake, which also flows into Lake Nipigon, but via the Pikitigushi River system. The names of the two lakes are a reference to
Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
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From Selassie Lake, the river flows southwest and then south to where the right tributary
Blackett Creek joins at an elevation of . It continues south and enters
Whitesand Lake at an elevation of . The river then continues further south for a total distance from Selassie Lake of to
JoJo Lake at an elevation of . Here the
Canadian National Railway
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CN is Canada's largest railway, in terms of both revenue a ...
transcontinental line crosses the river at the south end of the lake at a point just east of
Armstrong Airport and about east of the community of
Armstrong, Thunder Bay District, Ontario
Armstrong is a compact rural community, unincorporated place, and divisional point on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line in the unorganized portion of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. The ...
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The river then travels further south to a waterfall, and then another southeast to its mouth at Lake Nipigon, for a total distance from Selassie Lake of .
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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References
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Rivers of Thunder Bay District
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