The Ekwan River is a river in Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It appears as Equam on Bellin map of 1744. Ekwan River is of Cree origin, meaning "the river far up the coast". It travels about from its source at Zumar Lake on the Canadian Shield, through the Hudson Bay Lowlands, northeast and then east, to its mouth on James Bay.
Course.
The Ekwan drainage basin lies between and is enveloped by the larger ones of neighbouring rivers, the Winisk River on the north and the Attawapiskat River on the south. The source of the river is Zumar Lake at an elevation of , just northeast of part of the North Channel outlet from Attawapiskat Lake, the source of the Attawapiskat River. It travels northeast over a series of rapids and falls, taking in various small tributaries, to a confluence point at at an elevation of , where an unnamed tributary, which begins at a point within of the Attawapiskat River, joins from the right.
The river continues northeast to take in the North Washagami River from the left at an elevation of then on to its point furthest north at , before turning southeast for . Then, within , three named tributaries join: the Matateto River from the right; the Crooked River from the right; and the Little Ekwan River from the left. They join at an elevation of about . The Ekwan River continues east southeast for , passing over the Flint Rapids at at an elevation of , before reaching its mouth at sea level at the Akimiski Strait on James Bay, across from the western tip of Akimiski Island, about north of the mouth of the Attawapiskat River.
Discharge measurements taken for 28 years to 1995 below the confluence point of the North Washagami River at a point near showed a high mean monthly discharge of per second in May and a low of per second in March.
Economy.
Mining exploration has taken place on the upper reaches of the river.
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