Winisk River

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The Winisk River is a remote, wild river in northern Ontario, Canada, flowing through boreal forest and tundra to empty into Hudson Bay.

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Label Occurrences
Winisk River canonical 1
Winisk River basin 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf river
climateZone subarctic climate
continent North America
country Canada
countryCode CA
countrySubdivision Ontario
surface form: Province of Ontario
drainageBasin Hudson Bay
flowsInto Hudson Bay
flowsThrough boreal forest
tundra
hasAccessDifficulty limited road access
primarily accessible by air or water
hasCharacteristic largely undeveloped
remote
wild
hasEcosystem subarctic ecosystem
hasFeature marshy lowlands near the mouth
rapids
whitewater sections
hasMouthNear community of Peawanuck
hasVegetation coastal tundra
coniferous forest
taiga
hasWildlife black bear
caribou
fish species typical of northern rivers
migratory birds
moose
locatedIn Northern Ontario
Ontario
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
mouthCountry Canada
mouthLocation Hudson Bay
mouthProvince Ontario
namedAfter former Cree community of Winisk
partOf Canadian Shield
surface form: Canadian Shield region
province Ontario
region Far North of Ontario
riverSystem Hudson Bay drainage basin
sourceCountry Canada
sourceProvince Ontario
traditionalTerritoryOf Cree
Ojibwe
usedBy Indigenous peoples
usedFor recreational paddling
wilderness canoeing

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hudson Bay receivesRiver Winisk River
Hudson Bay drainage basin hasPart Winisk River
this entity surface form: Winisk River basin