Rabbit Creek (Nipissing District)

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Rabbit Creek
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Location of the mouth of Rabbit Creek in Ontario
Location
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Northeastern Ontario
District Nipissing
Municipality Temagami
Physical characteristics
SourceUnnamed pond
  coordinates 46°56′58″N79°46′53″W / 46.94944°N 79.78139°W / 46.94944; -79.78139
  elevation324 m (1,063 ft)
Mouth Rabbit Lake
  coordinates
46°55′40″N79°41′18″W / 46.92778°N 79.68833°W / 46.92778; -79.68833 [1]
  elevation
290 m (950 ft)
Basin features
River system Ottawa River drainage basin
Tributaries 
  right Angus Creek

Rabbit Creek is a stream in the municipality of Temagami, Nipissing District, Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Ottawa River drainage basin and originates from an unnamed pond north of Christy Lake in geographic Law Township. From there it flows north then turns east to North Milne Lake. It heads northeast under Highway 11 to an unnamed lake, passes into geographic Askin Township, reaches Hornet Lake and takes in the right tributary Angus Creek where it travels along the Ontario Northland Railway to its mouth at Rabbit Lake. Rabbit Lake flows via the Matabitchuan River and Lake Timiskaming to the Ottawa River. [2]

A train derailment occurred along the Ontario Northland Railway at Mileage 63.4 on 14 March, 2000. The accident involved 17 cars that rolled down an embankment, two of which were leaking sulfuric acid. The possibility that some of the toxic acid made its way into Rabbit Creek prompted Ontario Northland to dump gravel into the creek as an attempt to constrain the flow of the acid. [3]

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References

  1. "Rabbit Creek". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  2. "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Archived from the original on 2018-07-22. Retrieved 2017-12-25.
  3. "Freight train derails in northern Ontario". CBC News. 2000. Archived from the original on 2022-10-22. Retrieved 2017-12-25.