The Namewaminikan River is a river in Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.

The river begins at an unnamed lake in Unorganized Thunder Bay, just 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) east of Cove Inlet at the southeast of its eventual mouth, Lake Nipigon.

It then heads north, passes into the municipality of Greenstone, and flows under Ontario Highway 11, forming at this point part of the Trans-Canada Highway, and reaches Turkey Lake, where it takes in the right tributary Wildgoose Creek.

The river heads west, through Partridge Lake and over the Kinghorn Falls, Chute Falls and Twin Falls (49°44′31″N 87°53′31″W / 49.74194°N 87.89194°W / 49.74194; -87.89194),[2] takes in the left tributaries Foxear Creek and Corrigan Creek, heads through the Long Rapids (49°42′44″N 87°58′8″W / 49.71222°N 87.96889°W / 49.71222; -87.96889),[3] and reaches its mouth at Lake Nipigon.

Namewaminikan Hydro, a joint venture of three First Nations, the Animbiigoo Zaagi'igan Anishinaabek First Nation, the Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek First Nation, and the Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek First Nation, is developing two sites at Long Rapids and Twin Falls as run-of-the-river hydroelectric generating stations with a combined output of 10 MW.