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Benoit Creek (Ontario)

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River in Ontario, Canada
Benoit Creek
Benoit Creek (Ontario) is located in OntarioBenoit Creek (Ontario)Location of the mouth of Benoit Creek in Ontario
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionNortheastern Ontario
Districts
Physical characteristics
SourceBenoit Lake
 • locationBlack River-Matheson, Cochrane District
 • coordinates48°18′13″N 80°17′07″W / 48.30361°N 80.28528°W / 48.30361; -80.28528
 • elevation328 m (1,076 ft)
MouthMeyers Lake
 • locationLee Township, Timiskaming District
 • coordinates48°16′24″N 80°16′54″W / 48.27333°N 80.28167°W / 48.27333; -80.28167
 • elevation313 m (1,027 ft)
Basin features
River systemJames Bay drainage basin

Benoit Creek is a creek in Timiskaming District and Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of Woollings Creek.

The creek begins at Benoit Lake in geographic Black Township in the municipality of Black River-Matheson, Cochrane District and flows south to its mouth at Meyers Lake in geographic Lee Township in the Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District. Meyers Lake flows via Woollings Creek, the Whiteclay River, the Black River, the Abitibi River and the Moose River to James Bay.

The creek travels through no communities; the nearest is Bourkes, 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) northeast of the mouth of the creek.

References

  1. "Benoit Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  2. "Black" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-01-01. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  3. "Lee" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-23. Retrieved 2016-12-31.

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