The Whiteclay River is a river in Cochrane District and Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Black River.

Whiteclay River
Location of the mouth of the Whiteclay River in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Timiskaming Cochrane
Physical characteristics
Source	Swan Lake
• location	Maisonville Township, Timiskaming District
• coordinates	48°14′16″N 80°15′44″W
• elevation	312 m (1,024 ft)
Mouth	Black River
• location	Black River-Matheson, Cochrane District
• coordinates	48°20′44″N 80°12′43″W
• elevation	286 m (938 ft)
Basin features
River system	James Bay drainage basin
Tributaries
• right	Wolf Creek

Course

The river begins at Swan Lake in geographic Maisonville Township[2] in the Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District. It flows east under Ontario Highway 11 and the Ontario Northland Railway (ONR) line to Upper Twin Lake. It then heads north, passes again under the ONR, takes in the right tributary Wolf Creek, and heads into geographic Benoit Township,[3] Cochrane District. The river continues north into the municipality of Black River-Matheson, and reaches its mouth at the Black River. The Black River flows via the Abitibi River and the Moose River to James Bay.

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