Michipicoten River
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The Michipicoten River is a river in the Algoma District of northern Ontario, Canada, which flows from Lake Wabatongushi and joins with the Magpie River to empty into Michipicoten Bay on Lake Superior near the town of Wawa. This river is 113 km in length and drains an area of about 5,200 km².
In the days of the fur trade, this river provided access to James Bay by way of the Missinaibi and Moose Rivers. Pierre-Esprit Radisson and Médard des Groseilliers are believed to be the first non-natives to travel this route. A French trading post was built at the river's mouth in the early 1700s and remained in use until abandoned by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1904. There are several hydroelectric generating stations on the river.
The river's name means "big bluffs" in Ojibwe and refers to the large hills located near the river's mouth.