Beaver River (Thunder Bay District)

For other places with the same name, see Beaver River (disambiguation).
Beaver River
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Central Ontario
District Thunder Bay
Part of Hudson Bay drainage basin
Source Unnamed muskeg
 - elevation 478 m (1,568 ft)
 - coordinates 49°08′46″N 90°41′09″W / 49.14611°N 90.68583°W / 49.14611; -90.68583
Mouth Firesteel River
 - elevation 450 m (1,476 ft)
 - coordinates 49°03′02″N 90°46′48″W / 49.05056°N 90.78000°W / 49.05056; -90.78000Coordinates: 49°03′02″N 90°46′48″W / 49.05056°N 90.78000°W / 49.05056; -90.78000
Location of the mouth of the Beaver River in Ontario

The Beaver River is a river in the west of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is part of the Hudson Bay drainage basin, and is a right tributary of the Firesteel River.

Course

The river begins at an unnamed muskeg and travels south, passes under the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line and Ontario Highway 17, then heads southwest, and reaches its mouth at the Firesteel River about 23 kilometres (14 mi) west of the community of Upsala.

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