Kitigan River | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the river in Ontario |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Northeastern Ontario |
Subdivision Type4: | District |
Subdivision Name4: | Cochrane |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Moonbeam |
Source1: | unnamed wetland |
Source1 Elevation: | 257m (843feet)[1] |
Mouth: | Remi Lake |
Mouth Coordinates: | 49.4231°N -82.2006°W[2] |
Mouth Elevation: | 226m (741feet) |
River System: | James Bay drainage basin |
The Kitigan River is a river in the municipality of Moonbeam, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[3] [4] [5] It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a tributary of Remi Lake.
The river begins at an unnamed wetland and flows north, then passes under Ontario Highway 11 and the Ontario Northland Railway. It continues north, turns west, then heads northeast and reaches its mouth at Kitigan Bay on the west shore of Remi Lake. The lake flows via the Remi River, the Kapuskasing River, the Mattagami River and the Moose River to James Bay.