The Little Madawaska River is a river

River

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 in the Saint Lawrence River

Saint Lawrence River

The Saint Lawrence is a large river flowing approximately from southwest to northeast in the middle latitudes of North America, connecting the Great Lakes with the Atlantic Ocean. It is the primary drainage conveyor of the Great Lakes Basin...

 drainage basin

Drainage basin

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 in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in northeastern

Northeastern Ontario

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 Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. The river is entirely within Algonquin Provincial Park

Algonquin Provincial Park

Algonquin Provincial Park is a provincial park located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in Central Ontario, Canada, mostly within the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District. Established in 1893, it is the oldest provincial park in Canada. Additions since its creation have increased...

, and is a right tributary of the Petawawa River

Petawawa River

The Petawawa River is a river in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin in Nipissing District and Renfrew County in eastern and northeastern Ontario, Canada. The river flows from Algonquin Provincial Park to the Ottawa River at the town of Petawawa...

 and not a tributary of the nearby Madawaska River

Madawaska River (Ontario)

The Madawaska River is a river in Ontario, Canada. The river is long and drains an area of . It originates at Source Lake in the highlands of Algonquin Park at an elevation of and flows east, dropping before emptying into the Ottawa River at Arnprior....

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Course

The river begins at Lake La Muir in the geographic township Freswick Township and flows northeast to Hogan Lake. It continues northeast from the lake controlled by a small dam to Phillip Lake, from which it also continues to flow northeast controlled by a dam. The river then empties into Radiant Lake on the Petawawa River in Deacon Township, near the unincorporated place of Odenback

Odenback, Ontario

Odenback is an unincorporated place and former railway point in geographic Deacon Township in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in northeastern Ontario, Canada...

. The Petawawa flows via the Ottawa River

Ottawa River

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to the Saint Lawrence River.

Tributaries

• Owenee Creek (left)
• Oldcamp Creek (right)
• Charles Creek (right)
• Philip Lake
  • Grizzly Creek (right)
  • Cinderella Creek (left)
• Hogan Lake
  • Hemlock Creek (right)
• Lake La Muir
  • Grosbeak Creek