Namakan River

General data

Name: Namakan River
Water system: Lake Winnipeg
Water type: River
Progression: Rainy Lake -> Rainy River (Minnesota–Ontario) -> Lake of the Woods -> Winnipeg River -> Lake Winnipeg -> Nelson River -> Hudson Bay -> Arctic ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Continental
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America, Canada

The Namakan River is a transboundary waterway flowing from Namakan Lake in Minnesota into Ontario, Canada, eventually joining Rainy Lake.

It plays a key role in the Hudson Bay drainage basin.