Musquash River (Ontario)

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Musquash River
Etymology Abenaki word meaning "muskrat"
Location
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Regional municipality Muskoka
Physical characteristics
Source Moon River
  location Muskoka Lakes
  coordinates 45°01′19″N79°40′47″W / 45.02194°N 79.67972°W / 45.02194; -79.67972
  elevation221 m (725 ft)
Mouth Georgian Bay
  location
Georgian Bay (settlement)
  coordinates
44°57′34″N79°52′52″W / 44.95944°N 79.88111°W / 44.95944; -79.88111 Coordinates: 44°57′34″N79°52′52″W / 44.95944°N 79.88111°W / 44.95944; -79.88111
  elevation
176 m (577 ft)
Length29 km (18 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
  leftGibson River

The Musquash River is a river in Muskoka District Municipality, west Central Ontario, Canada, which splits from the Moon River and flows west into Georgian Bay. Musquash is an Abenaki word meaning "muskrat".

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Hydrology

Up until 1968, the river was considered to be a continuation of the Muskoka River. It begins just below Moon Chute on the Moon River at an elevation of 221 metres (725 ft) where some of that river's water leave south and then pass through the Ragged Rapids Generating Station. It enters Wahta Mohawk Territory, then flows past the Big Eddy Generating Station and dam and under Highway 400, through Gray Lake and enters Go Home Lake at an elevation of 185 metres (607 ft). Some of the lake's waters leaves at the west via the Go Home River, while the rest exits over the Go Home Lake Dam as the Musquash River. The river then takes in the left tributary Gibson River, turns west, passes through Three Rock Chute [1] and exits into the Musquash Channel on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron at an elevation of 176 metres (577 ft).

Settlements

Near the end of the 19th century, a lumber town called Muskoka Mills was located at the mouth of the river.[ citation needed ]

The Musquash River and Muskoka Mills are the setting for Slaid Cleaves' song Breakfast in Hell, about a doomed lumberjack who motivates his men to break a logjam in 1899.[ citation needed ]

See also

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