Minago River is a
river
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in the
Hudson Bay
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drainage basin
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in
Northern Manitoba
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, Canada. It flows in a northeasterly direction from Moon Lake into the western end of
Cross Lake on the
Nelson River
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.
From Moon Lake a portage led to
South Moose Lake
Moose Lake is a lake located near the Saskatchewan River Delta in Manitoba, Canada. It is separated into two irregularly shaped lobes, North Moose Lake and South Moose Lake, by the Moose Lake Narrows Control Structure, which was built in 1964. S ...
and the
Saskatchewan River.
Tributaries
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Black Duck Creek (right)
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Hargrave River (left)
See also
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List of rivers of Manitoba
References
Rivers of Northern Manitoba
Tributaries of Hudson Bay
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