- Source: Muskoka River
The Muskoka River is a river in the Muskoka District of Ontario, Canada. The river is the third largest river draining the southern Ontario land mass by average annual flow.
It rises in the highlands of Algonquin Park and flows southwest through a number of lakes including
Lake Muskoka
Lake Joseph
Lake Rosseau
Lake of Bays
which empty into Georgian Bay south of Parry Sound by way of the Moon and Musquash Rivers.
Tributaries include the:
Indian River
Hollow River
Oxtongue River
Buck River
East River
Communities on the river include:
Bracebridge, Ontario
Huntsville, Ontario
The name "Muskoka" comes from the name of a chief of the Ojibwa in this region, "Mesqua Ukee" (Miskwaa-aki: Red Earth).
In fiction
There is also a Muskoka River in Nancy Drew's fictional home town of River Heights, located somewhere in the Midwestern United States.
See also
List of Ontario rivers
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Hotel JW Marriott
- Daftar bandar udara di Ontario
- Daftar kota kembar di Wales
- Daftar heliport di Kanada
- Muskoka River
- Lake Muskoka
- Muskoka Lakes
- Moon River (Ontario)
- District Municipality of Muskoka
- Bracebridge, Ontario
- Muskoka
- Musquash River (Ontario)
- Oxtongue River
- Severn River (Georgian Bay)
