The Rapid River is a river in
Algoma District
Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The name was created by an American ethnologist, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft (1793–1864), who was appointed Indian agent to the Ojibwe ...
,
Ontario
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Canada
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. The river is about long and begins at
Seymour Lake at an elevation of . It travels west and takes in its left tributary the
Little Rapid River at an elevation of . The river continues west over a small rapids and a waterfall before emptying into the
Mississagi River
The Mississagi River is a river in Algoma and Sudbury Districts, Ontario, Canada, that originates in Sudbury District and flows to Lake Huron at Blind River, Algoma District.
Etymology
The river's name comes from the Ojibwe ''misi-zaagi'', me ...
at an elevation of . A road, which begins at
Highway 129 north of the river's mouth, parallels the majority of the river to Seymour Lake.
See also
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List of rivers of Ontario
This is the list of rivers which are in and flow through Ontario. The watershed list includes tributaries as well.
Dee River, flows between Three Mile Lake and Lake Rosseau.
List of rivers arranged by watershed Hudson Bay
Atlantic Ocean
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References
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Rivers of Algoma District
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