The Root River is a
river
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in the
Unorganized Part of
Kenora District
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It is geographically the largest division in Ontario: at , it covers 38 percent of the province's area, making it larger ...
in
Northwestern Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
The river is part of the
Hudson Bay
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drainage basin
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, is a tributary of
Lac Seul, and serves as the conduit for waters diverted from
Lake St. Joseph, the source of the
Albany River
The Albany River ( ) is a river in Northern Ontario, Canada, which flows northeast from Lake St. Joseph in Northwestern Ontario and empties into James Bay. It is long to the head of the Cat River (a tributary of Lake St. Joseph), tying it wit ...
in the adjacent
James Bay
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Numerous waterways of the ...
drainage basin.
Course
The river begins at an unnamed lake and heads east then northeast to Otatakan Lake, where it takes in the left tributary Wesley River. It flows east, takes in the diverted waters from Lake St. Joseph as a left tributary, then turns south, passes over the Nattaway Falls, and reaches Adamhay Lake. The river heads west, and reaches its mouth at Anenimus Bay on Lac Seul. Lac Seul flows via the
English River,
Winnipeg River
Winnipeg River is a Canadian river that flows roughly northwest from Lake of the Woods in the province of Ontario to Lake Winnipeg in Manitoba. This river is long from the Norman Dam in Kenora to its mouth at Lake Winnipeg. Its drainage basin, w ...
and
Nelson River
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to Hudson Bay.
Tributaries
*Dunbar Creek (left)
*Deadhead Creek (right)
*Dagmar Creek (left)
*Free Creek (left)
*Ecar Creek (left)
*Under Creek (left)
*Lynxpaw Creek (right)
*Diversion channel from
Lake St. Joseph (left)
*Wesley River (left)
*Sharp Creek (left)
References
Sources
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Rivers of Kenora District
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