Barron River (Ontario)
| Barron River | |
| French: Rivière Barron | |
| River | |
 View of the Barron River looking downstream from the top of the Barron Canyon
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| Country | Canada |
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| Province | Ontario |
| Districts | Nipissing District, Renfrew County |
| Part of | Saint Lawrence River drainage basin |
| Tributaries | |
| - left | Mulock Creek, Carcajou Creek |
| Source | Clemow Lake |
| - location | Barron Township, Nipissing, Unorganized, South Part, Nipissing District, Northeastern Ontario |
| - elevation | 225 m (738 ft) |
| - coordinates | 45°54′24″N 77°53′37″W / 45.90667°N 77.89361°W |
| Mouth | Lac du Bois Dur, Petawawa River |
| - location | Laurentian Hills, Renfrew County, Eastern Ontario |
| - elevation | 139 m (456 ft) |
| - coordinates | 45°52′48″N 77°23′40″W / 45.88000°N 77.39444°WCoordinates: 45°52′48″N 77°23′40″W / 45.88000°N 77.39444°W |
  Location of the mouth of the Barron River in southern Ontario
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The Barron River (French: rivière Barron) is a river in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin in Nipissing District and Renfrew County, Ontario, Canada. It flows from Clemow Lake in northern Algonquin Provincial Park and joins the Petawawa River, whose southern branch it forms, in the municipality of Laurentian Hills, near the municipality of Petawawa.
For a map showing the river's course highlighted on a topographic map, see this reference.
The river begins at Clemow Lake in the geographic township of Barron in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District, Northeastern Ontario. It flows southeast through Grand Lake where it is crossed by the former Canadian Northern Railway later Canadian National Railway main line, now abandoned, and where the Achray campground, formerly a station on the railway, is located on the north shore. It passes into Stratton Township, takes in the right tributary Carcajou Creek, then flows out over the Grand Lake Dam and again under the railway to enter Stratton Lake. The river turns northeast, passes over High Falls to High Falls Lake, then heads east over Brigham Chute. It takes in the right tributary Mulock Creek, enters Master Township, passes over the Cache Rapids, and reaches the Squirrel Depot picnic area and the Squirrel Rapids. The river heads out of Algonquin Park and Nipissing District into McKay Township, part of the municipality of Laurentian Hills in Renfrew County, Eastern Ontario. At this point the river becomes part of Barron River Provincial Park, a non-operating waterway park, and the north shore is part of CFB Petawawa. The river passes over First Chute and reaches its mouth at Lac du Bois Dur on the Petawawa River, which flows to the Ottawa River, about 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) west of the community of Black Bay and just before the border with the municipality of Petawawa. The Petawawa Rivers flows via the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River.
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