The Bolton River is a

river A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...

in the

Hudson Bay Hudson Bay, sometimes called Hudson's Bay (usually historically), is a large body of Saline water, saltwater in northeastern Canada with a surface area of . It is located north of Ontario, west of Quebec, northeast of Manitoba, and southeast o ...

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land in which all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, ...

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No. 22 - Thompson-North Central, Northern Region,

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, Canada. It is about long and begins at Musketasonan Lake, about south of Molson Lake, at an elevation of . It flows northeast through Little Bolton Lake at an elevation of , Rushforth Lake at an elevation of , Bolton Lake at an elevation of , where it takes in the right tributary Nikik River, and

Kakwusis Lake Kakwusis Lake is a lake in the Hayes River drainage basin in Census Division No. 22 - Thompson-North Central, Northern Region, Manitoba, Canada. The lake is about long and wide and lies at an elevation of . The primary inflow and outflow i ...

at an elevation of . The river continues northeast over the twin Kasukwapiskechewak Rapids, then over the twin Kakwu Rapids, and empties into Aswapiswanan Lake at an elevation of , about west southwest of the community of Gods Lake Narrows. Shows the course of the river on a topographic map. The Bolton River's waters eventually flow into Gods Lake, and via the Gods River and the Hayes River into Hudson Bay.

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{{authority control Rivers of Northern Manitoba Tributaries of Hudson Bay

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