Burntwood River

Planned Churchill Diversion. The east-west part of the diversion follows the Burntwood and the north-south part the Rat River .The headwaters of the Burntwood are near Kississing Lake, which is the lake west of Thompson and south of the Churchill.

The Burntwood River is a river in northeast Manitoba, Canada between the Churchill River and the Nelson River, which passes through Thompson, Manitoba. It is over 320 kilometres (200 mi) long and flows mostly east to join the Nelson River at Split Lake, Manitoba.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Geographical Names (Burntwood River)". Retrieved 2015-03-30.
  2. ^ "Atlas of Canada Toporama". Retrieved 2015-03-30.