Brokenhead River

Brokenhead River
Two kayaks drift on the Brokenhead River in Manitoba, 5 June 2016
Location
Country	Canada
Provinces	Manitoba
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Manitoba
• coordinates	49°36′26″N 96°19′36″W / 49.60722°N 96.32667°W / 49.60722; -96.32667
• elevation	307 m (1,007 ft)
Mouth	Lake Winnipeg
• location	Manitoba
• coordinates	50°22′56″N 96°42′56″W / 50.38222°N 96.71556°W / 50.38222; -96.71556
• elevation	218 m (715 ft)
Length	107 km (66 mi)
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The Brokenhead River is a river in eastern Manitoba, Canada. It flows north from its source in the Brokenhead Swamp^[3] within Sandilands Provincial Forest,^[4] to its mouth in Lake Winnipeg south of Stoney Point.^[5][1]

The Brokenhead is navigable by canoe for much of its length.^[6][7] Fishers based in the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation use the lower reaches of the river to access Lake Winnipeg.^[8]

Brokenhead River Ecological Reserve preserves 66 hectares (160 acres) of river-bottom forest adjacent to the river in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead.^[9]

Hazel Creek joins the Brokenhead as a right tributary several miles north of PTH 15.^[10] Bears Creek joins as a right tributary south of Mile 76 road N.^[11] Beaver Creek joins as a left tributary south of PR 435.^[12]

The river passes by the localities of:

• Nourse^[13]
• Lydiatt^[14]
• St. Ouens^[15]
• Green Bay^[16]
• Green Oak^[17]
• Brokenhead^[18]
• Dencross^[19]
• Scanterbury^[20]

The river is bridged by:

• Trans-Canada Highway
• PTH 15
• PTH 44
• PR 435
• PR 317
• PTH 12
• PTH 59