Black River (Kenora District) Explained

Black River
Name Other:French: rivière Black
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Black River in Ontario
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ontario
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Northwestern Ontario
Subdivision Type4:District
Subdivision Name4:Kenora
Subdivision Type5:Municipality
Subdivision Name5:Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls
Source1:Unnamed lake
Source1 Location:Work Township
Source1 Coordinates:49.5908°N -93.9639°W
Source1 Elevation:378m (1,240feet)
Mouth:Lake of the Woods
Mouth Location:MacQuarrie Township
Mouth Coordinates:49.4989°N -94.1961°W
Mouth Elevation:322m (1,056feet)
River System:Nelson River

The Black River (French: rivière Black) is a river in the municipality of Sioux Narrows-Nestor Falls, Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Hudson Bay drainage basin, and is a tributary of the Lake of the Woods.

Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake in geographic Work Township[1] and heads southwest through Ulster Lake and under Ontario Highway 71 to Black Lake. It continues southwest, passes into geographic MacQuarrie Township[2] then Yellow Girl Bay 32B Indian Reserve (part of the Naotkamegwanning First Nation), and reaches its mouth at Long Bay on the northeast side of the Lake of the Woods. The Lake of the Woods flows via the Winnipeg River and the Nelson River to Hudson Bay.

Tributaries

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Work. PDF. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Energy, Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2020-04-09.
  2. Web site: MacQuarrie & Devonshire. PDF. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Energy, Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2020-04-09.