Porcupine River (Ontario)

The Porcupine River is a river in the James Bay and Moose River drainage basins in the city of Timmins, Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It flows 32 km from Porcupine Lake to its mouth at Night Hawk Lake, the source of the Frederick House River, a tributary of the Abitibi River.

Course
The Porcupine River begins at Porcupine Lake at an elevation of 277 m and flows northeast under Highway 101 out of the lake at the community of Porcupine between the neighbourhoods of Pottsville and Golden City. It flows northeast, takes in the left tributary North Porcupine River, flows southeast through the neighbourhood of Hoyle and again under Highway 101, and reaches its mouth at the northwest of Night Hawk Lake at an elevation of 274 m.

Transportation
The Timmins/Porcupine Lake Water Aerodrome is on Porcupine Lake.

Tributaries

 * North Porcupine River
 * Porcupine Lake
 * Bob's Creek (right)
 * South Porcupine River (right)