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==Course==
The river begins at an elevation of {{convert|221|m|ft|0}} at [[Molson Lake]] which is about {{convert|90|km}} northeast of the northern tip of [[Lake Winnipeg]]. A tributary of Molson Lake, Paimusk Creek, begins less than {{convert|3|km|0}} east of the [[Nelson River]]. It leaves Molson Lake and flows north and northeast to Robinson Lake about {{convert|16|km|0}} northeast. Just before reaching Robinson Lake the [[Echimamish River]] comes in from the west. This curious river connects directly to the Nelson River and was used by the voyageurs to travel from [[York Factory]] on Hudson Bay, up the Hayes and across to the Nelson and downstream to [[Norway House, Manitoba]], at the north end of Lake Winnipeg.
Northeast of Robinson Lake is Robinson Falls and the mile-long Robinson portage which was the longest portage between Hudson Bay and Edmonton. Somewhere in this area is Hill Gates, a mile-long narrow gorge. Beyond this it cuts across Logan Lake, passes the settlement of Wetikoweskwattam to Opiminegoka Lake, where it takes the northeast-flowing Lawford River, flows through Windy Lake and over Wipanipanis Falls to Oxford Lake at a point about {{convert|80|km}} northeast of its source at Molson Lake.
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