Foxear Creek | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the creek mouth in Ontario |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Northwestern Ontario |
Subdivision Type4: | District |
Subdivision Name4: | Thunder Bay |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Greenstone |
Source1: | Foxear Lake |
Source1 Coordinates: | 49.7158°N -87.6614°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 326m (1,070feet) |
Mouth: | Namewaminikan River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 49.7208°N -87.9236°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 299m (981feet) |
River System: | Great Lakes Basin |
Foxear Creek is a stream in the municipality of Greenstone, Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a left tributary of the Namewaminikan River. The river lies in the geographic townships of Sandra,[2] Irwin[3] and Walters.[4]
The river begins at Foxear Lake. It travels west through a series of lakes, flows under Ontario Highway 801, and arrives at Bearskin Lake. It continues west through Windigokan Lake before reaching its mouth at the Namewaminikan River. The Namewaminikan River flows via Lake Nipigon and the Nipigon River to Lake Superior.