Kirkwall River
| Kirkwall River | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of the Kirkwall River in Ontario | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Northeastern Ontario |
| Districts | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Unnamed marsh |
| • location | Bonar Township, Sudbury District |
| • coordinates | 48°26′08″N 83°07′27″W / 48.43556°N 83.12417°W[2] |
| • elevation | 348 m (1,142 ft)[3] |
| Mouth | Dunrankin River |
• location | Kirkwall Township, Algoma District |
• coordinates | 48°33′58″N 83°08′12″W / 48.56611°N 83.13667°W[1] |
• elevation | 316 m (1,037 ft)[3] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | James Bay drainage basin |
The Kirkwall River is a river in Algoma District and Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[2][1][4][5][6] It is in the James Bay drainage basin, and is a right tributary of the Dunrankin River.
Course
[edit]The river begins at an unnamed marsh in geographic Bonar Township,[7] in the Unorganized North Part of Sudbury District, and flows northwest. It enters the Unorganized North Part of Algoma District at geographic Kirkwall Township,[8] continues northwest, then turns northeast, and reaches its mouth at the Dunrankin River, about 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) southwest of the railway point of Dunrankin on the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line. The Dunrankin River flows via the Kapuskasing River, the Mattagami River and the Moose River to James Bay.[2][1][4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Kirkwall River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- ^ a b c "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- ^ a b "Google Earth". Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- ^ a b "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
- ^ Map 14 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Bonar" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-29. Retrieved 2016-08-11.
- ^ "Kirkwall" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-08-11.