Swamp River (Ontario)

The Swamp River is a river in Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a tributary of Shebandowan Lakes.

Swamp River
Location of the mouth of the Swamp River in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Thunder Bay
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed lake
• coordinates	48°44′32″N 90°11′06″W
• elevation	534 m (1,752 ft)
Mouth	Shebandowan Lakes
• location	Conacher Township
• coordinates	48°37′29″N 90°05′31″W
• elevation	449 m (1,473 ft)
Basin features
River system	Great Lakes Basin

Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake and loops northeast then back south to Swamp Lake. It turns east, then south, then southwest, takes in the left tributary Drift Creek, and heads southeast, parallelled by the Canadian National Railway Kashabowie Subdivision main line, built originally as the Canadian Northern Railway transcontinental main line. It passes into geographic Conacher Township,[2] flows past the railway point of Rossmere, then turns south, passes under the railway and then under Ontario Highway 11, at this point part of the Trans-Canada Highway, and reaches its mouth at Lower Shebandowan Lake, part of the Shebandowan Lakes. The Shebandowan Lakes flow via the Shebandowan River, the Matawin River and the Kaministiquia River to Lake Superior.

Tributaries

• Drift Creek (left)

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario

References

1. "Swamp River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
2. "Conacher" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2014-09-02.

Sources

• Map 13 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2014. Retrieved 2014-09-02.
• Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #2 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2014-09-02.