Kagiano River

Kagiano River
River
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northwestern Ontario
District	Thunder Bay
Source	Unnamed lake
- elevation	377 m (1,237 ft)
- coordinates	49°26′44″N 86°26′23″W / 49.44556°N 86.43972°W / 49.44556; -86.43972
Mouth	Pic River
- elevation	211 m (692 ft)
- coordinates	49°11′26″N 86°05′41″W / 49.19056°N 86.09472°W / 49.19056; -86.09472Coordinates: 49°11′26″N 86°05′41″W / 49.19056°N 86.09472°W / 49.19056; -86.09472
Location of the mouth of the Kagiano River in Ontario.

The Kagiano River is a river in the east part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Lake Superior drainage basin and flows from an unnamed lake 38 kilometres (24 mi) south of the community of Longlac on Ontario Highway 11 to the Pic River 55 kilometres (34 mi) north northeast of the town of Marathon on Ontario Highway 17.

Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake at an elevation of 377 metres (1,237 ft). It flows south, takes in the left tributary Deerskull Creek at Neotoma Lake and enters Kagiano Lake. There, it takes in the right tributary Gentian Creek and left tributaries Palmquist Creek and Wort Creek. The river heads east out of the lake at the east end and controlled by a dam, takes in the right tributary Buhl Creek, then turns south. It takes in the left tributary Marmota Creek, reaches Solann Lake, turns east, and takes in the left tributary Pistol Creek. The river heads over Cedar Falls and Twin Falls, takes in the left tributary Fakeloo Creek and reaches its mouth at the Pic River at an elevation of 211 metres (692 ft).

Hydroelectricity development

Kagiano Power, owned by the Ojibways of the Pic River First Nation, operates a Run-of-the-river hydroelectricity generating station on the river at Twin Falls just upstream of the river's mouth.^[1]

Tributaries

• Fakeloo Creek (left)
• Pistol Creek (left)
• Marmota Creek (left)
• Buhl Creek (right)
• Kagiano Lake
  • Gentian Creek (right)
  • Palmquist Creek (left)
  • Wort Creek (left)
• Deerskull Creek (left)

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario

References