Poplar Rapids River
The Poplar Rapids River is a river in the municipality of Fauquier-Strickland and Unorganized North Cochrane District, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Mattagami River.
Course
The river begins at an unnamed woods in geographic Ford Township in Unorganized North Cochrane District and flows north, passes into and out of the municipality of Fauquier-Strickland twice, taking in the left tributary Sydere Creek there, and reaches the south shore of Departure Lake, exiting the lake at the north and continuing north. It takes in the right tributary Haggart Creek, passes under Ontario Highway 11 and the Ontario Northland Railway at the community of Departure Lake, flows through Ouellet Lake, and reaches its mouth at the Mattagami River in geographic Hurdman Township. The Mattagami River flows via the Moose River to James Bay.
Tributaries
- Alex Creek (right)
- Shackleton Creek (left)
- Moonbeam Creek (left)
- Haggart Creek (right)
- Sydere Creek (right)
References
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- ^ "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
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