Kenogami River
The Kenogami River is a river in the James Bay drainage basin in Thunder Bay and Cochrane districts in Northern Ontario, Canada, which flows north from Long Lake near Longlac to empty into the Albany River. The river is 320 kilometres (199 mi) in length and its name means "long water" in the Cree language. A portion of the river's headwaters have been diverted into the Lake Superior drainage basin.
| Kenogami River | |
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Kenogami River from the International Space Station (diagonally at upper left corner) | |
Location of the mouth of the Kenogami River in Ontario | |
| Etymology | "long water" in the Cree language |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Northern Ontario |
| Districts |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Long Lake |
| • location | Longlac, Town of Greenstone, Thunder Bay District |
| • elevation | 311 m (1,020 ft) |
| Mouth | Albany River |
• coordinates | 51°06′22″N 84°28′54″W |
• elevation | 75 m (246 ft) |
| Length | 320 km (200 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | James Bay drainage basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Little Current River, Drowning River, Little Drowning River, Kingfisher River, Ash River, Little Ash River, Nemasa River, Watistiguam River, Mundino River, Atikasibi River, Kawakanika River, Burrows River, Kenogamisis River |
| • right | Wakashi River, Kabinakagami River, Nagagami River, Pagwachuan River, Flint River, Wabigano River, Fernow River |
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