Fox River (Manitoba)

Fox River
Fox River (Manitoba) is located in Canada
Fox River (Manitoba)
Location of mouth
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceManitoba
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • coordinates
56°03′07″N 93°17′31″W / 56.052°N 93.292°W / 56.052; -93.292

The Fox River is a river in northern Manitoba, Canada. It flows east-northeast parallel to and between the Nelson River to the north and the Hayes River to the south. It joins the Hayes about 121 kilometres (75 mi) southeast of its mouth on Hudson Bay. About 121 kilometres (75 mi) above its juncture with the Hayes it splits with the southern branch being the Bigstone River. At the head of the Bigstone is Utik or Deer Lake from which it is possible to cross to Cross Lake on the Nelson. This route was part of the "Middle Tract" used by smaller Indian canoes to bring furs to the Hudson's Bay Company posts of Hudson Bay.

See also

References

  • Eric C. Morse, Fur Trade Canoe Routes of Canada/Then and Now, 1979