Whitefish River (Sudbury District) Explained

Whitefish River
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Whitefish 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:Daisy Lake
Source1 Coordinates:46.4436°N -80.9006°W
Source1 Elevation:230m (760feet)
Mouth:North Channel, Lake Huron
Mouth Location:Whitefish Falls
Mouth Coordinates:46.1083°N -81.7325°W
Mouth Elevation:176m (577feet)
Tributaries Right:West River

The Whitefish River is a river in Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada and a tributary of Lake Huron.

Course

The river begins at Daisy Lake in the city of Greater Sudbury. It flows through Richard, McFarlane and Long Lakes to the unincorporated Eden township, where it flows into Round Lake on the Whitefish Lake Ojibwa reserve. From Round Lake, the river flows into Lake Panache.

Near the western end of Lake Panache, the river flows into Walker Lake, Little Bear Lake and Plunge Lake along the outer boundary of Killarney Lakelands and Headwaters Provincial Park. Where Plunge Lake joins Hannah Lake, the river flows westward, entering Lang Lake. It picks up the Howry Creek system as a tributary at the Whitefish River reserve, and subsequently flows into Charlton Lake. At Willisville, the Cranberry River system also flows into the Whitefish River. The river then flows a short distance further, takes in the right tributary West River, and reaches Whitefish Falls, where it ends at the Bay of Islands on the North Channel of Lake Huron.

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