| Whitesand River | |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the river in Ontario |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Northwestern Ontario |
| Subdivision Type4: | District |
| Subdivision Name4: | Thunder Bay |
| Subdivision Type5: | Part |
| Subdivision Name5: | Unorganized Part |
| Length: | 22km (14miles) |
| Source1: | North Whitesand Lake |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 48.9836°N -87.3372°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 512m (1,680feet) |
| Mouth: | Whitesand Lake |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 48.8617°N -87.3819°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 284m (932feet) |
| River System: | Hewitson River |
| Tributaries Left: | Ross Creek |
The Whitesand River is a river in the Unorganized Part of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, part of the Hewitson River system.[1] [2] [3]
The river begins at North Whitesand Lake at an elevation of 512m (1,680feet).[4] The lake travels west, then turns south near the site of a mine. The Whitesand River then travels downstream via a series of lakes, including Cleaver Lake, Zenith Lake, Demijohn Lake, Gumboot Lake, Longcanoe Lake and Hornblende Lake. It then takes in its left tributary Ross Creek at Lyne Lake at 48.8881°N -87.3539°W at an elevation of 295m (968feet), and reaches its mouth at Whitesand Lake at an elevation of 284m (932feet) just north of Ontario Highway 17. The mouth is about 8km (05miles) east northeast of the community of Rossport and 10km (10miles) northwest of the community of Schreiber. The Whitesand River's waters flow from Whitesand Lake via the Hewitson River over the Rainbow Falls into Lake Superior.
An access road to the mine runs from Highway 17 along the river. A campground of Rainbow Falls Provincial Park is on the south side of Whitesand Lake opposite the mouth of the Whitesand River.