Aguasabon River
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The Aguasabon River /ˌɑːɡwəˈsɑːbən/ is a river in Thunder Bay District, Ontario, Canada. The river originates at Chorus Lake and empties into Lake Superior near the community of Terrace Bay. When the Canadian Pacific Railway was being built 1882-1885, the river was known as the Black River at mileage 857 miles from Montreal, not to be confused with the Black River near Heron Bay.[1]
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Aguasabon River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
District | Thunder Bay |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Chorus Lake |
• coordinates | 49°14′12″N 87°09′43″W |
• elevation | 395 m (1,296 ft) |
Mouth | Lake Superior |
• location | Terrace Bay |
• coordinates | 48°46′22″N 87°07′00″W |
• elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
Length | 70 km (43 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Great Lakes Basin |
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The Aguasabon is 70 kilometres (43 mi) in length, and plunges down 30 metres (98 ft) at the Aguasabon Falls. The river follows fractures in the 2.6 billion-year-old bedrock, and the exposed rock is granodiorite.[2]