Moonbeam Creek (Cochrane District)

Moonbeam Creek
Moonbeam Creek
	Location of the mouth of the creek in Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Cochrane
Parts or municipalities	Unorganized North Cochrane District, Fauquier-Strickland
Physical characteristics
Source	unnamed wetland
• location	Fauquier-Strickland
• coordinates	49°14′53″N81°52′52″W / 49.24806237251858°N 81.88119746489387°W
• elevation	250 m (820 ft)
Mouth	Poplar Rapids River
• location	Alexandra Township, Unorganized North Cochrane District
• coordinates	49°23′42″N81°47′59″W / 49.39500°N 81.79972°W Coordinates: 49°23′42″N81°47′59″W / 49.39500°N 81.79972°W
• elevation	211 m (692 ft)
Basin features
River system	James Bay drainage basin
Tributaries
• right	Strickland Creek

Last updated December 19, 2021

Moonbeam Creek is a stream in both the municipality of Fauquier-Strickland and Unorganized North Cochrane District, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Poplar Rapids River.

Course

The creek begins at an unnamed wetland in the municipality of Fauquier-Strickland and flows north, passes under Ontario Highway 11 and the Ontario Northland Railway just west of the community of Strickland, and flows into geographic Alexandra Township in Unorganized North Cochrane District. It continues northeast, takes in the right tributary Strickland Creek at Moonbeam Lake, loops south then back north, and reaches its mouth at the Poplar Rapids River. The Poplar Rapids River flows via the Mattagami River and the Moose River to James Bay.^[1]^[3]^[4]^[5]

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References

1 2 3 "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada . Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
1 2 "Google Earth" . Retrieved August 30, 2018.
1 2 3 "Moonbeam Creek". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved August 30, 2018.
1 2 "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
1 2 "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
↑ Map 14 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. January 1, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
↑ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved August 30, 2018.

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[AOCToporama-1] 1 2 3 "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada . Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved August 30, 2018.

[GoogleEarthElev-2] 1 2 "Google Earth" . Retrieved August 30, 2018.

[CGNDB-3] 1 2 3 "Moonbeam Creek". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved August 30, 2018.

[CLAIMaps-4] 1 2 "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2018.

[OntGeoNamesMap-5] 1 2 "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved August 30, 2018.

[OntarioRoadMap-6] Map 14 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 1,600,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. January 1, 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2018.

[Restructuring-7] Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #3 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved August 30, 2018.

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