Savant River

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Savant River
Data
location Thunder Bay District in Ontario (Canada)
River system Albany River
Drain over Pashkokogan River  → Albany River  → Hudson Bay
origin Savant Lake
50 ° 40 ′ 54 ″  N , 90 ° 19 ′ 55 ″  W.
Source height approx.  390  m
muzzle East Pashkokogan Lake Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '48 "  N , 90 ° 14' 44"  W 50 ° 56 '48 "  N , 90 ° 14' 44"  W.
Mouth height approx.  380  m
Height difference approx. 10 m
Bottom slope approx. 0.18 ‰
length 57 km
Right tributaries Little Savant River
Flowing lakes Jabez Lake, Velos Lake, McCrea Lake

The Savant River is a right tributary of the Pashkokogan River in the northwest of the Thunder Bay District in the Canadian province of Ontario .

The Savant River forms the drain of Savant Lake . It leaves this at its northern end and flows initially 10 km in a north, later in a north-easterly direction through the lake-rich landscape of the Canadian Shield . He has numerous lake-like river broadening, including the Jabez Lake . In Velos Lake the Little Savant River flows towards it from the east. The Savant River then flows west to McCrea Lake and leaves it in a northerly direction. Eventually, the Savant River reaches the south bank of East Pashkokogan Lake , which is connected to Pashkokogan Lake further west . The latter is traversed by the Pashkokogan River north to the Albany River . The gradient on the 57 km long stretch of the Savant River is only 10 m.

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