Moonbeam Creek is a stream in both the municipality of Fauquier-Strickland and Unorganized North Cochrane District, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada.[2][1][4][5][6][7] It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Poplar Rapids River.
| 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″N 81°52′52″W / 49.24806237251858°N 81.88119746489387°W[2] |
| • elevation | 250 m (820 ft)[3] |
| Mouth | Poplar Rapids River |
• location | Alexandra Township, Unorganized North Cochrane District |
• coordinates | 49°23′42″N 81°47′59″W / 49.39500°N 81.79972°W[1] |
• elevation | 211 m (692 ft)[3] |
| Basin features | |
| River system | James Bay drainage basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Strickland Creek |
Course
editThe 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.[2][1][4][5]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Moonbeam Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ a b "Google Earth". Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ a b "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved August 30, 2018.
- ^ a b "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.