Misema River

Misema River
Misema River
	Banks of the Misema
	Location of the mouth of the Misema River in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
Districts	Timiskaming; Cochrane;
Physical characteristics
Source	Sullivan Lake
• location	Ben Nevis Township, Cochrane District
• coordinates	48°16′50″N 79°42′03″W / 48.28056°N 79.70083°W
• elevation	375 m (1,230 ft)
Mouth	Blanche River
• location	Marter Township, Timiskaming District
• coordinates	47°54′03″N 79°52′38″W / 47.90083°N 79.87722°WCoordinates: 47°54′03″N 79°52′38″W / 47.90083°N 79.87722°W
• elevation	183 m (600 ft)
Basin features
River system	Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
Tributaries
• left	Little Misema River

The Misema River is a river in Timiskaming District and Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.^[1] It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Blanche River.

Course[]

The river begins at Sullivan Lake in geographic Ben Nevis Township, Cochrane District.^[2] It exits the lake at the northeast and travels counterclockwise around the Pushkin Hills, part of the Blake River Megacaldera Complex,^[3] eventually heading south into Timiskaming District and Misema Lake, where it takes in the left tributary Little Misema River in geographic Katrine Township.^[4] It heads south, passes under the former National Transcontinental Railway main line transcontinental railroad and Ontario Highway 66, flows over the Eighty Foot Falls, site of Canadian Hydro Developers' Misema Dam and 3.2 MW hydroelectric powerplant,^[5] and reaches its mouth at the Blanche River in Marter Township on the border with Chamberlain to the west. The Blanche River flows via the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River.

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^ "Ben Nevis" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
^ "Pushkin Hills". Ontario Parks. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved 2014-05-15.
^ "Katrine" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-16.
^ "Canadian Hydro secures agreement for 3.2-MW Misema". Canadian News. HydroWorld.com. 2007-09-01. Retrieved 2014-05-15.

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