Iskaskunikaw | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Quebec |
Region | Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Iskaskunikau Lake |
• location | Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), Nord-du-Québec, Quebec |
• coordinates | 50°30′34″N 77°16′15″W / 50.50944°N 77.27083°W |
• elevation | 275 m (902 ft) |
Mouth | Pauschikushish Ewiwach River |
• location | Eeyou Istchee Baie-James (municipality), Nord-du-Québec, Quebec |
• coordinates | 50°35′27″N 77°25′48″W / 50.59083°N 77.43000°W |
• elevation | 251 m (823 ft) |
Length | 27.4 km (17.0 mi)[1] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | Kakaskutatakuch River |
The Iskaskunikaw River is a tributary of the Pauschikushish Ewiwach River in Regional County Municipality (RCM) of Eeyou Istchee James Bay (municipality), in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, Canadian province of Quebec, Canada.
The Iskaskunikaw River hydrographic slope is served by the northern route from Matagami to 3.0 kilometres (1.9 mi) South of the mouth of the head lake of the Iskaskunikaw River. The surface of the river is usually frozen from early November to mid-May, however, safe ice circulation is generally from mid-November to mid-April.