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Brokenhead River
River in Manitoba, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Brokenhead River is a river in eastern Manitoba, Canada. It flows north from its source in the Brokenhead Swamp[3] within Sandilands Provincial Forest,[4] to its mouth in Lake Winnipeg south of Stoney Point.[5][1]
The Brokenhead is navigable by canoe for much of its length.[6][7] Fishers based in the Brokenhead Ojibway Nation use the lower reaches of the river to access Lake Winnipeg.[8]
Brokenhead River Ecological Reserve preserves 66 hectares (160 acres) of river-bottom forest adjacent to the river in the Rural Municipality of Brokenhead.[9]
Hazel Creek joins the Brokenhead as a right tributary several miles north of PTH 15.[10] Bears Creek joins as a right tributary south of Mile 76 road N.[11] Beaver Creek joins as a left tributary south of PR 435.[12]
The river passes by the localities of:
- Nourse[13]
- Lydiatt[14]
- St. Ouens[15]
- Green Bay[16]
- Green Oak[17]
- Brokenhead[18]
- Dencross[19]
- Scanterbury[20]
The river is bridged by:
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