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Whitesand River (Hewitson River tributary)

Field	Value
name	Whitesand River
pushpin_map	Canada Ontario
pushpin_map_caption	Location of the mouth of the river in Ontario
subdivision_type1	Country
subdivision_name1	Canada
subdivision_type2	Province
subdivision_name2	Ontario
subdivision_type3	Region
subdivision_name3	Northwestern Ontario
subdivision_type4	District
subdivision_name4	Thunder Bay
subdivision_type5	Part
subdivision_name5	Unorganized Part
length	22 km
source1	North Whitesand Lake
source1_coordinates
source1_elevation	512 m
mouth	Whitesand Lake
mouth_coordinates
mouth_elevation	284 m
river_system	Hewitson River
tributaries_left	Ross Creek

The Whitesand River is a river in the Unorganized Part of Thunder Bay District in Northwestern Ontario, Canada, part of the Hewitson River system.

Course

The river begins at North Whitesand Lake at an elevation of 512 m. The lake travels west, then turns south near the site of a mine. The Whitesand River then travels downstream via a series of lakes, including Cleaver Lake, Zenith Lake, Demijohn Lake, Gumboot Lake, Longcanoe Lake and Hornblende Lake. It then takes in its left tributary Ross Creek at Lyne Lake at at an elevation of 295 m, and reaches its mouth at Whitesand Lake at an elevation of 284 m just north of Ontario Highway 17. The mouth is about 8 km east northeast of the community of Rossport and 10 km northwest of the community of Schreiber. The Whitesand River's waters flow from Whitesand Lake via the Hewitson River over the Rainbow Falls into Lake Superior.

Economy

An access road to the mine runs from Highway 17 along the river. A campground of Rainbow Falls Provincial Park is on the south side of Whitesand Lake opposite the mouth of the Whitesand River.

References

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