Magpie River (Ontario)
| Magpie River | |
 Magpie River near Dubreuilville.
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| Country | Canada |
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| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Northeastern Ontario |
| District | Algoma District |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Michipicoten River |
| Source | Upper Magpie Lake |
| - elevation | 420 m (1,378 ft) |
| - coordinates | 48°38′05″N 84°37′18″W / 48.63472°N 84.62167°W |
| Mouth | Lake Superior |
| - elevation | 180 m (591 ft) |
| - coordinates | 47°56′02″N 84°50′59″W / 47.93389°N 84.84972°WCoordinates: 47°56′02″N 84°50′59″W / 47.93389°N 84.84972°W |
| Basin | 1,900 km2 (734 sq mi) |
  Location of the mouth of the Magpie River in Ontario
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The Magpie River is a river in Algoma District, northeastern Ontario, Canada that empties into Michipicoten Bay on Lake Superior near the town of Wawa. The river drains an area of about 1,900 square kilometres (734 sq mi).
The river begins at Upper Magpie Lake at an elevation of 420 metres (1,378 ft) and flows north then northeast through a series of lakes including Wejinabikun Lake and North Wejinabikun Lake, to a point at 48°43′24″N 84°33′30″W / 48.72333°N 84.55833°W at an elevation of 357 metres (1,171 ft), before turning southeast to enter Mosambik Lake at an elevation of 347 metres (1,138 ft). The river exits at the north end of the lake and heads further north, and reaches a point as far north as 48°43′38″N 84°29′38″W / 48.72722°N 84.49389°W at an elevation of 348 metres (1,142 ft), before heading east southeast into the northeast corner of Esnagi Lake. From the north end of Esnagi Lake, the Five Mile Portage leads north, over Five Mile Creek, to Five Mile Bay on Kabinakagami Lake on the Kabinakagami River, part of the Albany River system, which leads north to James Bay. An alternate route to James Bay is to take the further Pine Portage from Kabinakagami Lake then up the Oba River to the Albany Forks, from which the Mattawitchewan River flows downstream as part of the Missinaibi and Moose rivers into the bay.
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