Gull River (Ontario)

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There are two Gull Rivers in the Canadian province of Ontario:

The Gull River in the Kawartha lakes region flows through the town of Minden, Ontario, passes through Gull Lake and empties into Balsam Lake on the Trent-Severn Waterway. A white water course has been constructed on the river at Minden. During the 19th and early 20th century, the river was used to transport logs to sawmills downstream. The Gull River is a popular, dam-regulated, playboating area with a number of artificial features.

The Gull River in Thunder Bay District flows east into Gull Bay on the western side of Lake Nipigon. The river passes through Gull River 55 Indian Reserve of the Gull Bay First Nation, located on the south shore of Lake Nipigon. Near the end of the 18th century, the Hudson's Bay Company established a fur trading post, Nipigon House, at Gull Bay. The river's name is translated from the Ojibwa name, gayaashk.