Benoit Creek | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Benoit Creek in Ontario |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Northeastern Ontario |
Subdivision Type4: | Districts |
Source1: | Benoit Lake |
Source1 Location: | Black River-Matheson, Cochrane District |
Source1 Coordinates: | 48.3036°N -80.2853°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 328m (1,076feet) |
Mouth: | Meyers Lake |
Mouth Location: | Lee Township, Timiskaming District |
Mouth Coordinates: | 48.2733°N -80.2817°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 313m (1,027feet) |
River System: | James Bay drainage basin |
Benoit Creek is a creek in Timiskaming District and Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of Woollings Creek.
The creek begins at Benoit Lake in geographic Black Township[2] in the municipality of Black River-Matheson, Cochrane District and flows south to its mouth at Meyers Lake in geographic Lee Township[3] in the Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District. Meyers Lake flows via Woollings Creek, the Whiteclay River, the Black River, the Abitibi River and the Moose River to James Bay.
The creek travels through no communities; the nearest is Bourkes, northeast of the mouth of the creek.
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