| Muskoka River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
| Source1: | Algonquin Provincial Park |
| Source1 Location: | Burnt Island Lake |
| Source1 Elevation: | 525m (1,722feet) |
| Mouth Location: | Two outlets into Georgian Bay via Go Home Lake and Moon River. |
| Mouth Elevation: | 177m (581feet) |
The Muskoka River is a river in the Muskoka District of Ontario, Canada. The river is the third largest river draining the southern Ontario land mass by average annual flow.[1]
It rises in the highlands of Algonquin Park and flows southwest through a number of lakes including
which empty into Georgian Bay south of Parry Sound by way of the Moon and Musquash Rivers.
Tributaries include the:
Communities on the river include:
The name "Muskoka" comes from the name of a chief of the Ojibwa in this region, "Mesqua Ukee" (Miskwaa-aki: Red Earth).
There is also a Muskoka River in Nancy Drew's fictional home town of River Heights, located somewhere in the Midwestern United States.[2]