Greenhill River

The Greenhill River is a river in Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the James Bay drainage basin, and is a left tributary of the Missinaibi River.

Greenhill River
Greenhill River is located in Ontario
Greenhill River
Location of the mouth of the Greenhill River in Ontario
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNortheastern Ontario
DistrictAlgoma
Physical characteristics
SourceGreenhill Lake
 • locationMakawa Township
 • coordinates48°35′11″N 83°52′05″W
 • elevation396 m (1,299 ft)
MouthMissinaibi River
 • location
Hayward Township
 • coordinates
48°43′17″N 83°27′08″W
 • elevation
286 m (938 ft)
Basin features
River systemJames Bay drainage basin
Tributaries 
 • rightSouth Greenhill River

Course

The river begins at Greenhill Lake in geographic Makawa Township[2] and flows north, curving around the west side of the lake to eventually head southeast to Amik Lake. It continues south east then northeast through the north central part of geographic Amik Township,[3] then enters geographic Nebotik Township at the southwest corner. The river continues northeast, then turns east and takes in the right tributary South Greenhill River. It continues east, enters geographic Conking Township,[4] turns northeast, enters geographic Hayward Township,[5] flows under the Canadian National Railway transcontinental railway main line between the railway points of Fire River to the west and Argolis to the east, a section of track travelled on by Via Rail transcontinental Canadian passenger trains, and reaches its mouth at the Missinaibi River. The Missinaibi River flows via the Moose River to James Bay.

The entire course of the river, except for the short portion downstream (to the north) of the CN mainline, is within the Chapleau Crown Game Preserve. That remaining short portion is within Missinaibi Provincial Park.

Tributaries
  • South Greenhill River (right)
  • Winjiget Creek (right)
  • Timia Creek (right)

References
  1. "Greenhill River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  2. "Makawa" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  3. "Amik" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-26. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  4. "Conking" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2016-11-25.
  5. "Hayward" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-11-19. Retrieved 2016-11-18.

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