Benoit Creek (Ontario)

Benoit Creek
Benoit Creek
	Location of the mouth of Benoit Creek in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
Districts	Timiskaming ; Cochrane ;
Physical characteristics
Source	Benoit Lake
• location	Black River-Matheson, Cochrane District
• coordinates	48°18′13″N80°17′07″W / 48.30361°N 80.28528°W
• elevation	328 m (1,076 ft)
Mouth	Meyers Lake
• location	Lee Township, Timiskaming District
• coordinates	48°16′24″N80°16′54″W / 48.27333°N 80.28167°W
• elevation	313 m (1,027 ft)
Basin features
River system	James Bay drainage basin

Last updated October 06, 2023

Benoit Creek is a creek in Timiskaming District and Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada.^[1] 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^[2] in the municipality of Black River-Matheson, Cochrane District and flows south to its mouth at Meyers Lake in geographic Lee Township ^[3] 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.

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References

↑ "Benoit Creek". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-12-31.
↑ "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.
↑ "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.

Other map sources:

Map 12 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2014-04-10. Retrieved 2016-12-31.

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[CGNDB-1] "Benoit Creek". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2016-12-31.

[BlackMining-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.

[LeeMining-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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