Makonie River | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Makonie 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: | Sudbury |
Source1 Location: | Manning Township |
Source1 Coordinates: | 48.1322°N -83.4228°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 442m (1,450feet) |
Mouth: | Chapleau River |
Mouth Location: | Bonar Township |
Mouth Coordinates: | 48.3936°N -83.0047°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 320m (1,050feet) |
River System: | James Bay drainage basin |
The Makonie River is a river in Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the James Bay drainage basin, and is a left tributary of the Chapleau River.
The river begins in geographic Manning Township[2] and flows northeast, passes northeast through the southeast corner of geographic Brutus Township,[3] enters geographic Lipsett Township,[4] and empties into Lipsett Lake. The river goes north and enters geographic Lloyd Township,[5] heads northeast, and reaches Makonie Lake. The river flows east, enters geographic Bonar Township,[6] heads northeast to Bonar Lake, then continues northeast and reaches its mouth at the Chapleau River. The Chapleau River flows via the Kapuskasing River, the Mattagami River and the Moose River to James Bay.