Makonie River Explained

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.

Course

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.

Tributaries

Sources

Notes and References

  1. FCDDB. Makonie River. 2016-08-10.
  2. Web site: Manning . PDF . Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps . . 2016-08-10 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160826133202/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/L/Lloyd.pdf . 2016-08-26 .
  3. Web site: Brutus. PDF. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2016-08-10.
  4. Web site: Lipsett. PDF. Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. 2016-08-10. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160828031519/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/L/Lipsett.pdf. 2016-08-28.
  5. Web site: Lloyd . PDF . Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps . Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry . 2016-08-10 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160826133202/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/L/Lloyd.pdf . 2016-08-26 .
  6. Web site: Bonar . PDF . Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps . . 2016-08-10 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160829060931/http://www.geologyontario.mndmf.gov.on.ca/website/historic_claim_maps/B/Bonar.pdf . 2016-08-29 .