Manitou River (Manitoulin Island)
The Manitou River is a river of the Manitoulin Island, flowing in the township of Central Manitoulin and Tehkummah, in Manitoulin District, in Northern Ontario region, in the province of Ontario, Canada.
Apart from the residential areas, forestry is the main economic activity in this valley; agriculture, second.
Geography
The Manitou River rises at the dam located at the bottom of a bay on the south shore of the eastern part of Manitou Lake at Sandfield in the Township of Central Manitoulin on the Manitoulin Island. This recreational-tourism-oriented lake has an area of, a length of, a width of and an altitude of.The Manitou River current generally descends southwest over approximately in length through the boreal forest, with a drop of, according to the following segments:
- westward, first passing under the Highway 542 bridge, to a bend in the river where it heads further southwest; then pass under the Case Road bridge; cross the southern part of a little lake which receives the discharge of a stream; cross the south-western part of White lake, up to its mouth;
- generally towards the south-west, passing under the Townline Road West bridge in Snowville hamlet, successively intersecting the Sideroad 20 road, the road Concession Road 2, Government Road, to the outlet of Smoky Hollow Lake;
- winding southward, collecting the discharge of a small lake, to its mouth.