Porcupine River (Ontario) Explained

Porcupine River
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Porcupine 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:Cochrane
Length:32km (20miles)
Source1:Porcupine Lake
Source1 Coordinates:48.4947°N -81.175°W
Source1 Elevation:277m (909feet)
Mouth:Night Hawk Lake
Mouth Coordinates:48.5239°N -81.0172°W
Mouth Elevation:274m (899feet)

The Porcupine River is a river in the James Bay and Moose River drainage basins in the city of Timmins, Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It flows 32km (20miles) from Porcupine Lake to its mouth at Night Hawk Lake, the source of the Frederick House River, a tributary of the Abitibi River.

Course

The Porcupine River begins at Porcupine Lake at an elevation of 277m (909feet) and flows northeast under Highway 101 out of the lake at the community of Porcupine between the neighbourhoods of Pottsville and Golden City. It flows northeast, takes in the left tributary North Porcupine River, flows southeast through the neighbourhood of Hoyle and again under Highway 101, and reaches its mouth at the northwest of Night Hawk Lake at an elevation of 274m (899feet).

Transportation

The Timmins/Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome is on Porcupine Lake.

Tributaries

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