Greenhill River Explained

Greenhill River
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Greenhill River in Ontario
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ontario
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Northeastern Ontario
Subdivision Type4:District
Subdivision Name4:Algoma
Source1:Greenhill Lake
Source1 Location:Makawa Township
Source1 Coordinates:48.5864°N -83.8681°W
Source1 Elevation:396m (1,299feet)
Mouth:Missinaibi River
Mouth Location:Hayward Township
Mouth Coordinates:48.7214°N -83.4522°W
Mouth Elevation:286m (938feet)
River System:James Bay drainage basin
Tributaries Right:South Greenhill River

The Greenhill River is a river in Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the James Bay drainage basin, and is a left tributary of the Missinaibi River.

Course

The river begins at Greenhill Lake in geographic Makawa Township[2] and flows north, curving around the west side of the lake to eventually head southeast to Amik Lake. It continues south east then northeast through the north central part of geographic Amik Township,[3] then enters geographic Nebotik Township at the southwest corner. The river continues northeast, then turns east and takes in the right tributary South Greenhill River. It continues east, enters geographic Conking Township,[4] turns northeast, enters geographic Hayward Township,[5] flows under the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway points of Fire River to the west and Argolis to the east, a section of track travelled on by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian passenger trains, and reaches its mouth at the Missinaibi River. The Missinaibi River flows via the Moose River to James Bay.

The entire course of the river, except for the short portion downstream (to the north) of the CN mainline, is within the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. That remaining short portion is within Missinaibi Provincial Park.

Tributaries

Sources

Notes and References

  1. FBJPX. Greenhill River. 2016-11-18.
  2. Web site: Makawa. PDF. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2016-11-18. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161119121035/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/M/Makawa.pdf. 2016-11-19.
  3. Web site: Amik. PDF. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2016-11-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20161126132851/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/A/Amik.pdf. 2016-11-26. dead.
  4. Web site: Conking. PDF. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2016-11-25.
  5. Web site: Hayward. PDF. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2016-11-18. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20161119120930/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/H/Hayward.pdf. 2016-11-19.