Michipicoten River
The Michipicoten River is a river in Algoma District of northern Ontario, Canada, which flows from Dog Lake and joins with the Magpie River to empty into Michipicoten Bay on Lake Superior near the town of Wawa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: P199, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Magpie River and Michipicoten Provincial Park.
Magpie River
River
Photo: Derek Hatfield, CC BY 2.0.
The Magpie River is a river in Algoma District, northeastern Ontario, Canada, The river empties into Michipicoten Bay on Lake Superior near the town of Wawa. The river drains an area of about 1,900 square kilometres.
Michipicoten Provincial Park
Nature reserve
Photo: Derek Hatfield, CC BY 2.0.
Michipicoten Provincial Park is a park in Ontario, Canada, located at the mouth of the Michipicoten River. The park preserves the ruins of a French trading post that operated from the early 1700s until it was abandoned by the Hudson’s Bay Company in 1904.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wawa.
Wawa
Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wawa is a former mining town on a sparsely-populated section of the Trans-Canada Highway in Northern Ontario.
Michipicoten River
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Welsh—“Michipicoten River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Michipicoten”
- Cebuano: “Michipicoten River”
- Chinese: “米奇皮考屯河”
- Chinese: “米契皮科坦河”
- Dutch: “Michipicoten River”
- Dutch: “Michipicoten Rivier”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر ميتشبيكوتين”
- French: “Michipicoten River”
- French: “rivière Michipicoten”
- French: “Rivière Michipicoten”
- German: “Michipicoten Fluss”
- German: “Michipicoten River”
- Hebrew: “נהר מי’ציפיקוטן”
- Irish: “Abhainn Michipicoten”
- Japanese: “マイキピコートン川”
- Swedish: “Michipicoten River”
- Welsh: “Afon Michipicoten”
- “Michipicoten”
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