Whitefish River (Night Hawk Lake)

For other places with the same name, see Whitefish River.
Whitefish River
River
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Districts Cochrane, Timiskaming
Tributaries
 - left Little Whitefish River
 - right East Whitefish River
Source Mount Sinclair Lake
 - location Timiskaming, Unorganized West Part, Timiskaming District
 - elevation 366 m (1,201 ft)
 - coordinates 47°57′33″N 80°57′15″W / 47.95917°N 80.95417°W / 47.95917; -80.95417
Mouth Night Hawk Lake
 - location Timmins, Cochrane District
 - elevation 274 m (899 ft)
 - coordinates 48°26′18″N 80°56′01″W / 48.43833°N 80.93361°W / 48.43833; -80.93361Coordinates: 48°26′18″N 80°56′01″W / 48.43833°N 80.93361°W / 48.43833; -80.93361
Length 75 km (47 mi)
Location of the mouth of the Whitefish River in Ontario.

The Whitefish River is a river in the James Bay and Moose River drainage basins in Cochrane and Timiskaming Districts in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It flows 75 kilometres (47 mi) from Mount Sinclair Lake to its mouth at Night Hawk Lake, the source of the Frederick House River, a tributary of the Abitibi River.

Course

The Whitefish River begins at Mount Sinclair Lake, next to the 547-metre (1,795 ft) Mount Sinclair, in the northwest of the Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District at an elevation of 366 metres (1,201 ft). It heads north and takes in the left tributary Little Whitefish River arriving from Little Whitefish Lake. The river jogs southeast and northeast, then heads north and takes in the right tributary East Whitefish River. It flows northeast into the city of Timmins in Cochrane District, takes in the right tributary Brush Creek, and reaches its mouth at the southeast of Night Hawk Lake at an elevation of 274 metres (899 ft).

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