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The '''Hayes River''' is a river in [[Northern Manitoba]], [[Canada]], that flows from [[Molson Lake (Manitoba)|Molson Lake]] to [[Hudson Bay]] at [[York Factory, Manitoba|York Factory]].<ref name="CdnEncyc">{{cite
==Course==
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The Hayes River continues northeast and takes in the major right tributary [[Gods River]] at an elevation of {{convert|24|m|ft|0}}, and reaches its mouth at Hudson Bay, immediately to the south of the mouth of the larger Nelson River and to the north of the mouth of the smaller Machichi River. {{convert|200|km|mi}} upriver from York Factory was Rock Depot where [[York boats]] had to be replaced by smaller canoes. It was 30 portages and {{convert|425|km|mi}} from Rock Depot to Norway House.<ref>James Raffan,"Emperor of the North: Sir George Simpson and the Remarkable Story of the Hudson's Bay Company, 2007, page 126</ref>
Different parts of the Hayes formerly had different names. According to one source<ref>Eric W. Morse,'Fur Trade Routes of Canada/Then and Now', page 36,1971</ref> they were: "Hayes River" from the mouth to Gods River, "Steel River" to the Fox River, "Hill River" to Knee Lake, "Trout River" to Oxford Lake, and above Oxford Lake, Weepinipanish River and Franklin's River. Another source has: Trout, Bourbon, Jack Tent, Factory, Steel, Rabbit, and Hill Rivers, and the Rivière du Roc.<ref>{{cite journal |url= http://www.northernsoul.ca/pdf/Canoe%20&%20Kayak%20Canoe%20Journal%20-%20Spirits%20Hayes.pdf
==Watershed==
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