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Beaver River (Thunder Bay District)

Coordinates: 49°03′02″N 90°46′48″W / 49.05056°N 90.78000°W / 49.05056; -90.78000
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Beaver River
Beaver River (Thunder Bay District) is located in Ontario
Beaver River (Thunder Bay District)
Location of the mouth of the Beaver River in Ontario
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionCentral Ontario
DistrictThunder Bay
Physical characteristics
SourceUnnamed muskeg
 • coordinates49°08′46″N 90°41′09″W / 49.14611°N 90.68583°W / 49.14611; -90.68583
 • elevation478 m (1,568 ft)
MouthFiresteel River
 • coordinates
49°03′02″N 90°46′48″W / 49.05056°N 90.78000°W / 49.05056; -90.78000
 • elevation
450 m (1,480 ft)
Basin features
River systemHudson Bay drainage basin

The Beaver River is a river in the west of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is part of the Hudson Bay drainage basin, and is a right tributary of the Firesteel River.

Course

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The river begins at an unnamed muskeg and travels south, passes under the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line and Ontario Highway 17, then heads southwest, and reaches its mouth at the Firesteel River about 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of the community of Upsala.

References

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  1. ^ "Beaver River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-04-20.

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