Moore Creek (Nipissing District) Explained

Moore Creek
Name Other:French: ruisseau Moore
Pushpin Map:Canada Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Moore 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:Nipissing
Subdivision Type5:Municipality
Subdivision Name5:South Algonquin
Source1:Cross Lake
Source1 Coordinates:45.3881°N -77.9572°W
Source1 Elevation:441m (1,447feet)
Mouth:Madawaska River
Mouth Coordinates:45.4883°N -77.9739°W
Mouth Elevation:314m (1,030feet)
River System:Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
Tributaries Left:Pastwa Creek
Tributaries Right:Coghlan Creek

Moore Creek (French: ruisseau Moore) is a creek in South Algonquin, Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Madawaska River.

Hydrology

Moore Creek begins at Cross Lake at an elevation of 441m (1,447feet) and travels 5km (03miles) southwest to McKenzie Lake at an elevation of 395m (1,296feet). The creek then flows north 6.5km (04miles) towards Moore Lake at an elevation of 380m (1,250feet), taking in the right tributary Coghlan Creek from Coghlan Lake along the way. Pastwa Creek from Pastwa Lake enters as a left tributary at Moore Lake itself. Finally, the Moore Creek heads 7km (04miles) north, passing under Ontario Highway 523, to its mouth at the Madawaska River, at an elevation of 314m (1,030feet). The Madawaska River flows via the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River.

The creek is entirely in South Algonquin, Nipissing District, but part of the drainage basin, like the southern end of McKenzie Lake and some other tributaries flowing from the south, is in Hastings Highlands, Hastings County.

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