Little Abitibi River

The Little Abitibi River is a river in northern Ontario. It runs about 120 kilometres (75 mi) up into the Abitibi Canyon, where Ontario Power Generation's Abitibi Canyon Generating Station dams the river at Fraserdale, an abandoned railway town.

Little Abitibi River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	49°16′43″N 80°18′45″W
• elevation	355 m
Mouth
• location	Abitibi River
• coordinates	50°29′10″N 81°31′28″W
• elevation	41 m
Length	120 km (75 mi)

It was made famous in "The Black Fly Song" which concerned the construction of a dam on the Little Abitibi River, which was also referred to as "Little Ab."

See also

• Little Abitibi Provincial Park
• List of rivers of Ontario

References

• Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Cochrane District Land Use Guidelines – General Resource Areas. The Little Abitibi River - New Post Creek Waterway, page 33
• Atlas of Canada - Little Abitibi River