Musquash River (Ontario)

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".

Musquash River
EtymologyAbenaki word meaning "muskrat"
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Regional municipalityMuskoka
Physical characteristics
SourceMoon River
 • locationMuskoka Lakes
 • coordinates45°01′19″N 79°40′47″W
 • elevation221 m (725 ft)
MouthGeorgian Bay
 • location
Georgian Bay (settlement)
 • coordinates
44°57′34″N 79°52′52″W
 • elevation
176 m (577 ft)
Length29 km (18 mi)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftGibson River

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.

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.

gollark: It's secret, so no.
gollark: You should connect a station to the Secret Tunnel Network terminal.
gollark: It hasn't been disproven yet so it's true.
gollark: Maybe Lemmmy is Bill Gates.
gollark: I'm pretty sure it isn't in offline mode, but Lemmmy has some method to add extra players without accounts anyway.

See also

References
  • "Toporama – Topographic Map Sheets 31D13, 31E4". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 12 January 2010.


  1. Typo, http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/FCWEB
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.