Haggart Creek (Muskoka District)

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Haggart Creek
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Location of the mouth of the creek in Southern Ontario
Location
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Central Ontario
District Muskoka
Municipalities
Physical characteristics
Source Haggart Lake
 • location Muskoka Lakes
 • coordinates 45°06′31″N79°44′23″W / 45.10848482998722°N 79.7396687689496°W / 45.10848482998722; -79.7396687689496 [1]
 • elevation234 m (768 ft) [2]
Mouth Moon River
 • location
 Georgian Bay, Ontario
 • coordinates
 45°02′59″N79°44′29″W / 45.04972°N 79.74139°W / 45.04972; -79.74139 Coordinates: 45°02′59″N79°44′29″W / 45.04972°N 79.74139°W / 45.04972; -79.74139 [3]
 • elevation
209 m (686 ft) [2]
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin

Haggart Creek is a creek in the municipalities of Georgian Bay and Muskoka Lakes, District Municipality of Muskoka in Central Ontario, Canada. [3] [1] [4] [5] [6] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the Moon River.

Course

The creek begins at the east end of Haggart Lake, in geographic Medora Township in the municipality of Muskoka Lakes, and flows east under the Canadian Pacific Railway main line to Cassidy Lake, leaves that lake at the south heading south, passes again under the CP railway, and reaches the eastern end of Roderick Lake. It exits the lake at the southeast at the railway point of Duffy, flows southeast to the western side of Duffy Lakes, turns southwest, enters geographic Gibson Township in the municipality of Georgian Bay, and reaches its mouth at the Moon River. The Moon River flows to Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. [3] [1] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Toporama". Atlas of Canada . Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  2. 1 2 "Google Earth" . Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  3. 1 2 3 "Haggart Creek". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  4. 1 2 "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  5. ↑ Map 5 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  6. ↑ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #4 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2018-06-26. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
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