Sand River (Ontario)
The Sand River (French: Rivière Sand<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) is a river in the Unorganized North Part of Algoma District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.<ref>Template:Cite cgndb</ref><ref name="AOCHighlight">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }} Shows river course.</ref> It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is a tributary of Lake Superior, and its entire course lies within Lake Superior Provincial Park.<ref name="ParkMap">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The river is named after the sand bar formed across its mouth. The Ojibway name for the river is Pinguisibi, where pingui means fine white sand and sibi means river.<ref>Picture of Sign on the River Bank. Accessed 2011-11-04.</ref>
Course
The Sand River begins at Sand Lake, in geographic Stoney Township,<ref name="Stoney">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> on which is located the railway point of Sand Lake on the Algoma Central Railway.<ref name="AOCHighlight" /> It leaves the lake South over Sand Lake Dam about Template:Convert west of the community of Millwood.<ref name="Stoney" /> It travels South into geographic Barnes Township,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> geographic Barager Township,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and geographic Broome Township,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> the latter in which it heads over Calwin Falls. The river continues south into geographic Goodwillie Township,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> flows over Lady Evelyn Falls, and takes in the left tributary Kwagama Creek. It then heads southwest, descends a series of low cascades, passes under Ontario Highway 17 and reaches its mouth at Lake Superior.
Recreation
The entire river is a designated canoe route. There is a picnic area at the mouth of the river next to Highway 17 where many travelers stop to enjoy a view of the cascading falls,<ref name="ParkMap" /> and the Pinguisibi hiking trail follows the right bank from the river mouth.<ref name="ParkMap" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Tributaries
- Kwagama Creek
- Sand Lake
- Sand Creek
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Sand River Looking Upstream near Lake Superior
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Historical Sign on the Bank of the River
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Sand River water cascades looking upstream
