Wolf River (Thunder Bay District)

For other places with the same name, see Wolf River.

Wolf River
Location of the mouth of the Wolf River in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northwestern Ontario
District	Thunder Bay District
Physical characteristics
Source	Upper Wolf Lake
• coordinates	48°56′49″N 88°58′40″W
• elevation	428 m (1,404 ft)
Mouth	Lake Superior
• coordinates	48°49′02″N 88°29′09″W
• elevation	183 m (600 ft)
Basin features
River system	Great Lakes Basin

The Wolf River is a river in Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a tributary Lake Superior.

Course

The river begins at Upper Wolf Lake in geographic Glen Township and heads east to Upper Clearwater Lake. It turns southeast through Lower Clearwater Lake, then east, northeast and once again southeast to Wolf Lake. It passes southeast out of the lake over a weir dam and enters the municipality of Dorion, heads under Ontario Highway 17/Ontario Highway 11 (at this point part of the Trans-Canada Highway) and the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line, and reaches Black Bay on Lake Superior.

Tributaries

• Cavern Creek (right)
• Wolfpup Creek (left)
• Unknown Creek (left)
• Moraine Creek (left)
• Furcate Creek (right)
• Springlet Creek (left)
• Greenwich Creek (right)
• Hickey Creek (right)

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario

Sources

• Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. January 1, 2010. Retrieved October 27, 2013.
• Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved October 27, 2013.