Potter Creek (Nipissing District) Explained

Potter Creek
Name Other:French: ruisseau Potter
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Potter Creek on a map of Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Alt:Map of Southern Ontario with a dot at the location of the mouth of Potter Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ontario
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Northern Ontario
Subdivision Type4:District
Subdivision Name4:Nipissing District
Subdivision Type5:Part
Subdivision Name5:Unorganized South Part
Source1:Tern Lake
Source1 Coordinates:45.5778°N -78.8369°W
Source1 Elevation:[1]
Mouth:Canoe Lake
Mouth Coordinates:45.5778°N -78.7283°W
River System:Great Lakes Basin

Potter Creek (French: ruisseau Potter) is a stream in the Unorganized South Part of Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[2] [3] [4] It is a tributary of Canoe Lake, is in the Lake Huron drainage basin, and lies within Algonquin Provincial Park.

Course

Potter Creek begins at Tern Lake at an elevation of and heads north to Furrow Lake. It leaves the lake at the north end, takes in the left tributary Brown Creek, and turns north east, curving southeast through Brûlé Lake to Potter Lake. Potter Creek flows south-southeast out of the south end of the lake, crosses the former Ottawa, Arnprior and Parry Sound Railway at the settlement of Canoe Lake, and reaches its mouth at Canoe Lake at an elevation of . Canoe Lake flows via the Oxtongue River, the Lake of Bays, the South Branch Muskoka River, the Muskoka River, Lake Muskoka and the Moon River to Georgian Bay on Lake Huron.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Google Earth. 2020-10-08.
  2. Web site: Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search). Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. 2020-10-08.
  3. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5. 2006. Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2020-10-08.
  4. Map 9. PDF. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 1 : 700,000. 2018-01-01. 2020-10-08.