Jocko River | |
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Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Northeastern Ontario |
District | Nipissing |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Jocko Lake |
• location | Osborne Township |
• coordinates | 46°39′33″N 79°27′13″W / 46.65909577828778°N 79.45361526729711°W |
• elevation | 308 m (1,010 ft) |
Mouth | Ottawa River |
• location | Eddy Township |
• coordinates | 46°33′48″N 79°00′08″W / 46.56333°N 79.00222°W [1] |
• elevation | 180 m (590 ft) |
Basin features | |
Progression | Ottawa River→ St. Lawrence River→ Gulf of St. Lawrence |
River system | Ottawa River drainage basin |
Tributaries | |
• right | Little Jocko River |
The Jocko River is a river in Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin, is a right tributary of the Ottawa River, and lies entirely within Jocko Rivers Provincial Park. [5] [6]
The Jocko River begins at Jocko Lake in geographic Osborne Township; [2] [7] the dispersed rural community of Jocko, on the Ontario Northland Railway, is at the head of the lake. The river heads northeast, then turns southeast, a course it thereafter follows all the way to its mouth. The Jocko River passes through geographic Garrow Township [8] and geographic Clarkson Township [9] before entering geographic Jocko Township, [10] where it flows under Ontario Highway 63. It passes into geographic Eddy Township, [11] takes in the right tributary Little Jocko River, and reaches its mouth at the Ottawa River.