Haggart Creek (Cochrane District) Explained

Haggart Creek
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the 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:Cochrane
Subdivision Type5:Geographic township
Subdivision Name5:Haggart Township
Source1:Unnamed woods
Source1 Elevation:244m (801feet)[1]
Mouth:Poplar Rapids River
Mouth Location:Departure Lake
Mouth Coordinates:49.2836°N -81.7792°W[2]
Mouth Elevation:225m (738feet)
River System:James Bay drainage basin

Haggart Creek is a creek in geographic Haggart Township, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[3] [4] [5] It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a right tributary of the Poplar Rapids River.

Course

The creek begins at an unnamed woods and flows north to the south shore of Haggart Lake, exiting the lake at the north and continuing north. It passes through two unnamed lakes, then turns west, paralleled by Ontario Highway 11 and the Ontario Northland Railway to the north, and reaches its mouth at the Poplar Rapids River, southeast of the community of Departure Lake. The Poplar Rapids River flows via the Mattagami River and the Moose River to James Bay.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Google Earth. 2018-08-18.
  2. FBKZH. Haggart Creek. 2018-08-18.
  3. Web site: CLAIMaps IV. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. 2018-08-18.
  4. Map 14. PDF. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 1 : 1,600,000. 2016-01-01. 2018-08-18.
  5. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3. 2006. Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2018-08-18. 2018-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180626071717/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Asset6574.aspx. dead.