Haggart Creek (Muskoka District) Explained

Haggart Creek
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the creek in Southern Ontario
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ontario
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Central Ontario
Subdivision Type4:District
Subdivision Name4:Muskoka
Subdivision Type5:Municipalities
Source1:Haggart Lake
Source1 Location:Muskoka Lakes
Source1 Elevation:234m (768feet)[1]
Mouth:Moon River
Mouth Location:Georgian Bay, Ontario
Mouth Coordinates:45.0497°N -79.7414°W[2]
Mouth Elevation:209m (686feet)
River System:Great Lakes Basin

Haggart Creek is a creek in the municipalities of Georgian Bay and Muskoka Lakes, District Municipality of Muskoka in Central Ontario, Canada.[3] [4] [5] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the Moon River.

Course

The creek begins at the east end of Haggart Lake, in geographic Medora Township in the municipality of Muskoka Lakes, and flows east under the Canadian Pacific Railway main line to Cassidy Lake, leaves that lake at the south heading south, passes again under the CP railway, and reaches the eastern end of Roderick Lake. It exits the lake at the southeast at the railway point of Duffy, flows southeast to the western side of Duffy Lakes, turns southwest, enters geographic Gibson Township in the municipality of Georgian Bay, and reaches its mouth at the Moon River. The Moon River flows to Georgian Bay on Lake Huron.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Google Earth. 2018-08-11.
  2. FBKZG. Haggart Creek. 2018-08-11.
  3. Web site: CLAIMaps IV. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. 2018-08-11.
  4. Map 5. PDF. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 1 : 700,000. 2016-01-01. 2018-08-11.
  5. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #4. 2006. Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2018-08-11. 2018-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180626111335/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/Asset6575.aspx. dead.