Lawashi River | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Lawashi River in Ontario |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Ontario |
Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Northwestern Ontario |
Subdivision Type4: | District |
Subdivision Name4: | Kenora |
Subdivision Type5: | Part |
Subdivision Name5: | Kenora, Unorganized |
Source1: | Unnamed lake |
Source1 Coordinates: | 52.2258°N -84.515°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 147m (482feet) |
Mouth: | James Bay |
Mouth Coordinates: | 52.8828°N -82.1739°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 0m (00feet) |
River System: | James Bay drainage basin |
Tributaries Left: | Lawashi Channel |
The Lawashi River is a river in Unorganized Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] [2] The river is a tributary of James Bay.[3]
The river begins at an unnamed lake and heads east then northeast. It takes in the left tributary Lawashi Channel arriving from the Attawapiskat River 8.5km (05.3miles) upstream from the river mouth, and reaches its mouth at James Bay, approximately 11 kilometres (7 mi) southeast of the mouth of the Attawapiskat River.