Whitefish River (Thunder Bay District)

Whitefish River
Location of the mouth of the Whitefish River in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northwestern Ontario
District	Thunder Bay
Municipalities	Oliver Paipoonge O'Connor Gillies
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed lake
• location	Nolalu Local Service Board
• coordinates	48°16′19″N 90°08′43″W / 48.27194°N 90.14528°W / 48.27194; -90.14528
• elevation	519 m (1,703 ft)
Mouth	Kaministiquia River
• location	Oliver Paipoonge
• coordinates	48°21′55″N 89°35′02″W / 48.36528°N 89.58389°W / 48.36528; -89.58389
• elevation	216 m (709 ft)
Length	45 km (28 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	North River

The Whitefish River is a 45 km (28 mi) long river in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Lake Superior drainage basin, is a tributary of the Kaministiquia River, and is in the centre of the Whitefish River Valley which is the location of several small settlements that grew along the Port Arthur, Duluth and Western Railway.^[1]