Drive Creek (Ontario)
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Drive Creek is a creek
in the Nelson River
drainage basin
in Kenora District
, northwestern
Ontario
, Canada
. It begins at Drive Lake
at an elevation of 396 metres (1,299 ft). The creek then takes in its right tributary Tripoli Creek
at an elevation of 390 metres (1,280 ft) just upstream of its mouth at the Marchington River
at the same elevation. The total length of the creek is 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi).
Stream
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in the Nelson River
Nelson River
The Nelson River is a river of north-central North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba. Its full length is , it has mean discharge of , and has a drainage basin of , of which is in the United States...
drainage basin
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
in Kenora District
Kenora District, Ontario
Kenora District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario, Canada. It was created in 1907 from parts of Rainy River District. It is, geographically, the largest division in that province; at 407,192.66 km2 it comprises almost 38 percent of the province's land area...
, northwestern
Northwestern Ontario
Northwestern Ontario is the region within the Canadian province of Ontario which lies north and west of Lake Superior, and west of Hudson Bay and James Bay. It includes most of subarctic Ontario. Its western boundary is the Canadian province of Manitoba, which disputed Ontario's claim to the...
Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It begins at Drive Lake
Drive Lake (Ontario)
Drive Lake is a lake in the Nelson River drainage basin in Kenora District, northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is about long and wide, lies at an elevation of , and is north of Highway 516. Drive Lake is the source of Drive Creek; the creek leaves the lake at its eastern tip and flows into the...
at an elevation of 396 metres (1,299 ft). The creek then takes in its right tributary Tripoli Creek
Tripoli Creek (Kenora District, Ontario)
Tripoli Creek is a creek in the Nelson River drainage basin in Kenora District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It travels from its head at Tripoli Lake at an elevation of to Drive Creek at an elevation of , just upstream of that creek's mouth at the Marchington River....
at an elevation of 390 metres (1,280 ft) just upstream of its mouth at the Marchington River
Marchington River (Ontario)
The Marchington River is a river in the Hudson Bay drainage basin located in Kenora and Thunder Bay Districts in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It travels from its head at Kashaweogama Lake in Thunder Bay District through a series of lakes to Marchington Lake, where it meets the Sturgeon River and...
at the same elevation. The total length of the creek is 2.9 kilometres (1.8 mi).