- location Sudbury District - elevation 312 m (1,024 ft) Mouth Kapuskasing River | - elevation 427 m (1,401 ft) Province Ontario Country Canada | |
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- left Makonie River, Swanson River - location Kapuskasing Township, Algoma District | ||
Highlights of the chapleau river
The Chapleau River is a river in Algoma District and Sudbury District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin, begins at Chapleau Lake and is the main tributary of Kapuskasing Lake.
Contents
- Highlights of the chapleau river
- Map of Chapleau River Sudbury Unorganized North Part ON Canada
- Chapleau river to elisas
- Etymology
- Course
- Recreation
- Tributaries
- References
Map of Chapleau River, Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part, ON, Canada
Chapleau river to elisas
Etymology
The community of Chapleau was created as a divisional point during the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway Transcontinental railway and was named for Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau. Both the lake upon which the community is located and the river which flows from the lake took on the same name.
Course
The river begins at the north end of Chapleau Lake in Subury District, and flows north through Henderson Lake before taking in the left tributary Racine Creek. it continues north to Schewabik Lake where it takes in the left tributary Swanson River. It continues northeast, then north, takes in the left tributary Makonie River, enters Algoma District, and reaches its mouth at Kapuskasing Lake. Kapuskasing Lake flows via the Kapuskasing River, the Mattagami River and the Moose River to James Bay.
Recreation
Chapleau-Nemegosenda River Provincial Park is a waterway park operated by Ontario Parks that includes the Chapleau River from the entry of the tributary Racine Creek to the river mouth at Kapuskasing Lake.