Cat River (Lake St. Joseph)

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Cat River
Data
location Kenora District in Ontario ( Canada )
River system Albany River
Drain over Albany River  → Hudson Bay
source northeast of Whitestone Lake
52 ° 1 ′ 37 ″  N , 91 ° 47 ′ 30 ″  W
Source height approx.  420  m
muzzle Lake St. Joseph Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 48 "  N , 91 ° 17 ′ 58"  W 50 ° 58 ′ 48 "  N , 91 ° 17 ′ 58"  W.
Mouth height 371  m
Height difference approx. 49 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.25 ‰
length approx. 200 km
Discharge at gauge below Wesleyan Lake
A Eo : 5390 km²
MQ 1970/2000
Mq 1970/2000
44 m³ / s
8.2 l / (s km²)
Flowing lakes Whitestone Lake , Cat Lake , Kapikik Lake, Zionz Lake, Fawcett Lake, Barnaji Lake

The Cat River is a river in the Kenora District in the northwest of the Canadian province of Ontario .

The Cat River rises northeast of Whitestone Lake . It initially flows west to Whitestone Lake, which it flows through in a south direction. It then flows through a chain of lakes towards the south. The largest are: Cat Lake , Kapikik Lake, Zionz Lake, Fawcett Lake, and Barnaji Lake . It finally reaches the north shore of Lake St. Joseph after a distance of about 200 km , into which it flows with two river arms, the East Channel and the West Channel . The Cat River is the main source of the Albany River . Lake St. Joseph is drained through this.

Individual evidence

  1. Cat River at the gauge below Wesleyan Lake - hydrographic data from R-ArcticNET