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Benoit Creek
Benoit Creek (Ontario) is located in Ontario
Benoit Creek (Ontario)
Location of the mouth of Benoit Creek in Ontario
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Northeastern Ontario
Districts
  • Timiskaming
  • Cochrane
Physical characteristics
Main source Benoit Lake
Black River-Matheson, Cochrane District
328 m (1,076 ft)
48°18′13″N 80°17′07″W / 48.30361°N 80.28528°W / 48.30361; -80.28528
River mouth Meyers Lake
Lee Township, Timiskaming District
313 m (1,027 ft)
48°16′24″N 80°16′54″W / 48.27333°N 80.28167°W / 48.27333; -80.28167
Basin features
River system James Bay drainage basin

Benoit Creek is a creek in Timiskaming District and Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of Woollings Creek.

The creek begins at Benoit Lake in geographic Black Township in the municipality of Black River-Matheson, Cochrane District and flows south to its mouth at Meyers Lake in geographic Lee Township in the Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District. Meyers Lake flows via Woollings Creek, the Whiteclay River, the Black River, the Abitibi River and the Moose River to James Bay.

The creek travels through no communities; the nearest is Bourkes, 4.6 kilometres (2.9 mi) northeast of the mouth of the creek.

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