The Kabinakagami River is a river

River

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 in Cochrane and Algoma Districts in northeastern

Northeastern Ontario

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 Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. It is part of the James Bay

James Bay

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 drainage basin

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 and is a right tributary of the Kenogami River

Kenogami River

The Kenogami River is a river in the James Bay drainage basin in Thunder Bay and Cochrane districts in Northern Ontario, Canada, which flows north from Long Lake near Longlac to empty into the Albany River. The river is in length and its name means "long water" in the Cree language...

.

Course

For a map showing the river course, see this reference.

The river begins at Summit Lake

Summit Lake (Kabinakagami River)

Summit Lake is a lake in the James Bay drainage basin in the Unorganized North Part of Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is the source of the Kabinakagami River, which flows via the Albany River to James Bay...

, astride the Canadian Pacific Railway

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 transcontinental

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 main line

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 (used at this point by the Via Rail

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 Sudbury – White River train service) and between the railway points of Amyot to the west and Girdwood

Girdwood, Ontario

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 to the east, in the Unorganized North Part of Algoma District. It flows northeast to Kabinakagami Lake

Kabinakagami Lake

Kabinakagami Lake is a lake in the Unorganized North Part of Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The lake is on the Kabinakagami River and is part of the James Bay drainage basin...

, then heads north into Cochrane District, flows under Ontario Highway 11, and passes east of Calstock

Calstock, Ontario

Calstock is a place in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in the unincorporated geographic township of Studholme in Cochrane District. It is located a few kilometres north of Highway 11, at the northern terminus of Highway 663, just south of the Constance Lake First Nation Reserve.Calstock...

 and the Constance Lake First Nation

Constance Lake First Nation

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. The rivers turns northwest, then again north, and reaches its mouth at the Kenogami River at the unincorporated place and community of Mammamattawa

Mammamattawa, Ontario

Mammamattawa is an unincorporated place and community in the Unorganized North Part of Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Kenogami River with the Kabinakagami River, and just 2 kilometres downstream of the mouth of the Nagagami River, in the...

, site of the now abandoned Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

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 English River Post. The Kenogami River flows via the Albany River

Albany River

The Albany River is a river in Northern Ontario, Canada, which flows northeast from Lake St. Joseph in Northwestern Ontario and empties into James Bay. It is long to the head of the Cat River, tying it with the Severn River for the title of longest river in Ontario...

to James Bay.