Abitibi River
| Abitibi River | |
 Abitibi River at Iroquois Falls
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| Name origin: Algonquin language | |
| Country | Canada |
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| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Cochrane District |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Black River, Frederick House River, North Driftwood River |
| - right | Sucker River, Little Abitibi River |
| Source | Lake Abitibi |
| - location | 38 km east of Iroquois Falls |
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| Mouth | Moose River |
| - location | 30 km SSW from Moosonee |
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| Length | 540 km (336 mi) to head of Lac Loïs [1] |
| Basin | 29,500 km2 (11,400 sq mi) [1] |
The Abitibi River is a river in northeastern Ontario, Canada, which flows northwest from Lake Abitibi to join the Moose River which empties into James Bay. This river is 540 kilometres (340 mi) long, and descends 265 metres (869 ft).[2]
The river was an important fur trading route for the Hudson's Bay Company. Now, pulp and paper, centered on the town of Iroquois Falls, Ontario, is an important industry in the heavily forested region through which it flows.[2] The region also supports tourism and gold mining.[2]
The Abitibi Canyon Generating Station is located on the river at Abitibi Canyon. The experience of surveying the river for the purposes of building this plant was the inspiration for folk singer Wade Hemsworth's "The Black Fly Song".
The name is from the Algonquin words abitah, meaning middle and nipi meaning water.[2]
Tributaries
Downstream course
- Begins as outlet from Lake Abitibi (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Extreme southern point (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Ansonville, Ontario (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Iroquois Falls, Ontario (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Crossed by Ontario Northland Railway (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Long Sault Rapids hydroelectric plant (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Confluence with the Black River (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Confluence with the Frederick House River (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Ontario Northland Railway crossing at Island Falls Station, Ontario (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Island Falls, Ontario (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Abitibi Canyon Generating Station near Fraserdale, Ontario (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Otter Rapids Generating Station (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Coral Rapids, Ontario (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Extreme western point (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Confluence with the Little Abitibi River (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Joins the Moose River (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
- Enters James Bay as part of the Moose River (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.)
See also
References
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