Strickland Creek (Ontario) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Strickland Creek
Location of the mouth of the creek in Ontario
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Northeastern Ontario
District	Cochrane
Parts or municipalities	Unorganized North Cochrane District, Fauquier-Strickland
Physical characteristics
Main source	unnamed wetland Fauquier-Strickland 248 m (814 ft) 49°16′11″N 81°51′22″W / 49.26964525725242°N 81.85603689377288°W / 49.26964525725242; -81.85603689377288
River mouth	Poplar Rapids River Alexandra Township, Unorganized North Cochrane District 225 m (738 ft) 49°21′15″N 81°50′34″W / 49.35417°N 81.84278°W / 49.35417; -81.84278
Basin features
River system	James Bay drainage basin

Strickland Creek is a stream in both 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 right tributary of Moonbeam Creek.

Course

The creek begins at an unnamed wetland in the municipality of Fauquier-Strickland and flows northeast, then turns north, and passes under Ontario Highway 11 and the Ontario Northland Railway just east of the community of Strickland. It continues north, flows into geographic Alexandra Township in Unorganized North Cochrane District, and reaches its mouth at Moonbeam Lake. The lake flows via Moonbeam Creek, the Poplar Rapids River, the Mattagami River and the Moose River to James Bay.