Lake of Bays River

Lake of Bays River
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Northwestern Ontario
District Kenora
Part of Nelson River drainage basin
Source Unnamed lake
 - elevation 450 m (1,476 ft)
 - coordinates 48°16′50″N 79°42′03″W / 48.28056°N 79.70083°W / 48.28056; -79.70083
Mouth Conver Lake, on the Sturgeon River
 - elevation 375 m (1,230 ft)
 - coordinates 50°06′54″N 91°10′32″W / 50.11500°N 91.17556°W / 50.11500; -91.17556Coordinates: 50°06′54″N 91°10′32″W / 50.11500°N 91.17556°W / 50.11500; -91.17556
Location of the mouth of the Lake of Bays River in Ontario

The Lake of Bays River is a river in Kenora District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the Hudson Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Sturgeon River.

Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake just west of Ontario Highway 599 and just west of the border with Thunder Bay District. It heads north, then west through Rome Lake, Gibraltar Lake, Malta Lake and Handcuff Lake to the Lake of Bays, where it takes in the left tributaries Dominion River and Bays River. It then heads north, and reaches its mouth at Conver Lake on the Sturgeon River. The Sturgeon River flows via the Marchington River, English River, Winnipeg River, and Nelson River to Hudson Bay.

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