Kenogami River

Kenogami River from the ISS ( diagonally to the upper left corner )

The Kenogami River is a river in Thunder Bay District and Cochrane District in the Canadian province of Ontario.

The Kenogami River originally formed the outlet of Long Lake near Longlac to the Albany River, which empties into James Bay. The river has a length of 320 km.

In 1937-38, the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario established, today's Ontario Power Generation, the Kenogami Diverson Dam ( ⊙ 49.9175-86.488889 ) to derive the water of the upper Kenogami River to Aguasabon River and Lake Superior. The water is now flowing in the opposite direction to the Long Lake and a drainage channel on to Long Lake Dam Control. A catchment with an area of 4400 km ² was deprived of the James Bay and added to the Great Lakes.

Kenogami means in the Cree language " long water ".