Moore Creek (Nipissing District)


Moore Creek is a creek in South Algonquin, Nipissing District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Madawaska River.

Hydrology

Moore Creek begins at Cross Lake at an elevation of and travels southwest to McKenzie Lake at an elevation of. The creek then flows north towards Moore Lake at an elevation of, taking in the right tributary Coghlan Creek from Coghlan Lake along the way. Pastwa Creek from Pastwa Lake enters as a left tributary at Moore Lake itself. Finally, the Moore Creek heads north, passing under Ontario Highway 523, to its mouth at the Madawaska River, at an elevation of. The Madawaska River flows via the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River.
The creek is entirely in South Algonquin, Nipissing District, but part of the drainage basin, like the southern end of McKenzie Lake and some other tributaries flowing from the south, is in Hastings Highlands, Hastings County.

Tributaries