The Ogoki River is a river

River

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 in the Thunder Bay

Thunder Bay District, Ontario

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 and Cochrane

Cochrane District, Ontario

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 Districts of Ontario

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The river flows northeast from lakes west of Lake Nipigon

Lake Nipigon

Lake Nipigon is the largest lake entirely within the boundaries of the Canadian province of Ontario . It is sometimes described as the sixth Great Lake. Lying 260 metres above sea level, the lake drains into the Nipigon River and thence into Nipigon Bay of Lake Superior...

 to Ogoki, where it joins the Albany River

Albany River

The Albany River is a river in Northern Ontario, Canada, which flows northeast from Lake St. Joseph in Northwestern Ontario and empties into James Bay. It is long to the head of the Cat River, tying it with the Severn River for the title of longest river in Ontario...

 which empties into James Bay

James Bay

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. The river is 480 km

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 in length. In 1943, the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario, now Ontario Power Generation

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, diverted a large part of the upper Ogoki to flow into Lake Nipigon and so to the Great Lakes

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. This diversion was intended to increase water flow at a hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls

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, downstream of Lake Erie

Lake Erie

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The Ogoki flows through Wabakimi Provincial Park

Wabakimi Provincial Park

Wabakimi Provincial Park is a wilderness park located to the northwest of Lake Nipigon in the province of Ontario, Canada. The park contains a vast and interconnected network of more than 2,000 kilometres of lakes and rivers...

 and is used for canoe

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ing and fishing

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The Ogoki Reservoir north of Lake Nipigon formed by a dam at Waboose Rapids is 70 km

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 long and covers an area of approximately 150 square kilometres

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