Detour River

• Northeastern Ontario, in Cochrane District;
• Nord-du-Québec, in the municipality of Eeyou Istchee Baie-James, in the administrative region of Nord-du-Québec, in Québec.

  Geography

• North side: Lawagamau River, Malouin River ;
• East side: Turgeon River ;
• Southern side: Chabbie River, Little Turcotte River, Turgeon River ;
• West side: Lawagamau River.

• to the north by collecting the waters of six streams;
• to the east, to a stream from the south;
• to the north;
• to east to Monaghan Lake landfill ;
• to northeast, along the eastern shore of Detour Lake where the river will be discharged at the tip of a point the northeast shore, in the marsh area. This lake receives the waters of five surrounding lakes, through four landfills. The current crosses the river to the north for about. Then the current branches off towards the east where the river resumes its course;
• southeast to the west shore of Lower Detour Lake. This lake receives from the north the waters of Stake Lake and two lakes to the south;
• to the east, then to the south, through marsh areas, to the Quebec border.

• "Sunday Creek" from the north, draining the waters of several Ontario lakes including Kitchin Lake, Sunday Lake et Auger Lake in Quebec;
• the discharge of lake Lambert which is long;
• the discharge of Lac Geoffrion, which drains upstream the waters of the Quebec lakes Grady and Carrier. The upper part of this branch drains wetlands in Ontario;
• unloading of an unnamed lake.

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