| Carhess Creek | |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Carhess Creek in Ontario |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Northeastern Ontario |
| Subdivision Type4: | District |
| Subdivision Name4: | Sudbury |
| Source1: | Ferguson Lake |
| Source1 Location: | Hess Township, Sudbury District |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 46.7294°N -81.5081°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 428m (1,404feet) |
| Mouth: | Onaping River |
| Mouth Location: | Levack Township, Greater Sudbury |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 46.7125°N -81.4133°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 353m (1,158feet) |
| River System: | Great Lakes Basin |
| Tributaries Left: | Depot Creek |
Carhess Creek is a river in Greater Sudbury and Sudbury District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the Onaping River. The name is a portmanteau of the names of two geographic townships through which it flows, Hess Township and Cartier Township.
The creek begins at Ferguson Lake in geographic Hess Township,[2] Sudbury District, and flows south through Green Lake into geographic Cartier Township.[3] It turns east, takes in the left tributary Depot Creek, passes into the northwest corner of geographic Levack Township,[4] Greater Sudbury, flows over a series of rapids, heads around both sides of a small hill, and reaches its mouth at the Onaping River, upstream of the community of Levack. The Onaping River flows via the Vermilion River and the Spanish River to Lake Huron.