Sand River (Ontario)

River in Ontario, Canada

Sand River

Rivière Sand (in French)

Looking downstream to Ontario Highway 17 bridge and the river mouth

Location of the mouth of the Sand River in Ontario.

Etymology| named after the sand bar formed across its mouth.
Native name| Pinguisibi (Ojibwe)
Location
Country| Canada
Province| Ontario
Region| Northeastern Ontario
District| Algoma
Part| Algoma, Unorganized, North
Physical characteristics
Source| Sand Lake
• location| Stoney Township
• coordinates| 47°41′56″N 84°33′10″W﻿ / ﻿47.69889°N 84.55278°W﻿ / 47.69889; -84.55278
• elevation| 375 m (1,230 ft)
Mouth| Lake Superior

• location

| Goodwillie Township

• coordinates

| 47°25′58″N 84°43′50″W﻿ / ﻿47.43278°N 84.73056°W﻿ / 47.43278; -84.73056

• elevation

| 180 m (590 ft)
Basin features
River system| Great Lakes Basin
Tributaries|
• left| Kwagama Creek

The Sand River (French: Rivière Sand[1]) is a river in the Unorganized North Part of Algoma District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[2][3] It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is a tributary of Lake Superior, and its entire course lies within Lake Superior Provincial Park.[4]

The river is named after the sand bar formed across its mouth. The Ojibway name for the river is Pinguisibi, where pingui means fine white sand and sibi means river.[5]

## Course

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The Sand River begins at Sand Lake, in geographic Stoney Township,[6] on which is located the railway point of Sand Lake on the Algoma Central Railway.[3] It leaves the lake South over Sand Lake Dam about 4.4 kilometres (2.7 mi) west of the community of Millwood.[6] It travels South into geographic Barnes Township,[7] geographic Barager Township,[8] and geographic Broome Township,[9] the latter in which it heads over Calwin Falls. The river continues south into geographic Goodwillie Township,[10] flows over Lady Evelyn Falls, and takes in the left tributary Kwagama Creek. It then heads southwest, descends a series of low cascades, passes under Ontario Highway 17 and reaches its mouth at Lake Superior.

## Recreation

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The entire river is a designated canoe route. There is a picnic area at the mouth of the river next to Highway 17 where many travelers stop to enjoy a view of the cascading falls,[4] and the Pinguisibi hiking trail follows the right bank from the river mouth.[4][11]

## Tributaries

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* Kwagama Creek
* Sand Lake
* Sand Creek

* Sand River Looking Upstream near Lake Superior

* Historical Sign on the Bank of the River

* Sand River water cascades looking upstream

## See also

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sand River (Ontario).

* List of rivers of Ontario

## References

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1. ^ "Sand Lake - Sandbar Lake Provincial Park". Ontario GeoNames Index. 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
2. ^ "Sand River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
3. ^ a b "Sand River". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-11-04. Shows river course.
4. ^ a b c "Park map". Lake Superior Provincial Park. MHS Webteam & Larrett Designs. Retrieved 2011-11-04.
5. ^ Picture of Sign on the River Bank. Accessed 2011-11-04.
6. ^ a b "Stoney" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
7. ^ "Barnes" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
8. ^ "Barager" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
9. ^ "Broome" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
10. ^ "Goodwillie" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
11. ^ "Pinguisibi (Sand River) Trail". Lake Superior Provincial Park. MHS Webteam & Larrett Designs. Retrieved 2011-11-04.