See also: Bolton River (Ontario).
| Bolton River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Manitoba |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Bolton River in Manitoba. |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Manitoba |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Northern |
| Subdivision Type4: | Census Division |
| Subdivision Name4: | No. 22 - Thompson-North Central |
| Length: | 115km (71miles) |
| Source1: | Musketasonan Lake |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 53.98°N -96.5903°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 249m (817feet) |
| Mouth: | Aswapiswanan Lake |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 54.4681°N -95.4631°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 186m (610feet) |
| River System: | Hudson Bay drainage basin |
| Tributaries Right: | Nikik River |
The Bolton River is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin in Census Division No. 22 - Thompson-North Central, Northern Region, Manitoba, Canada.[1] It is about 115km (71miles) long and begins at Musketasonan Lake, about 20km (10miles) south of Molson Lake, at an elevation of 249m (817feet). It flows northeast through Little Bolton Lake at an elevation of 224m (735feet), Rushforth Lake at an elevation of 218m (715feet), Bolton Lake at an elevation of 212m (696feet), where it takes in the right tributary Nikik River, and Kakwusis Lake at an elevation of 208m (682feet). The river continues northeast over the twin Kasukwapiskechewak Rapids, then over the twin Kakwu Rapids, and empties into Aswapiswanan Lake at an elevation of 186m (610feet), about 60km (40miles) west southwest of the community of Gods Lake Narrows.[2] The Bolton River's waters eventually flow into Gods Lake, and via the Gods River and the Hayes River into Hudson Bay.