Muskoka River

The Muskoka River is a river in the Muskoka District of Ontario, Canada. The river is the third largest river draining the southern Ontario land mass by average annual flow.<ref>Gary Long. (1989) This river, the Muskoka. Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press. p. 13. ISBN 1-55046-012-9.</ref>

It rises in the highlands of Algonquin Park and flows southwest through a number of lakes including

• Lake Muskoka
• Lake Joseph
• Lake Rosseau
• Lake of Bays

which empty into Georgian Bay south of Parry Sound by way of the Moon and Musquash Rivers.

Tributaries include the:

• Indian River
• Hollow River
• Oxtongue River
• Buck River
• East River

Communities on the river include:

• Bracebridge, Ontario
• Huntsville, Ontario

The name "Muskoka" comes from the name of a chief of the Ojibwa in this region, "Mesqua Ukee" (Miskwaa-aki: Red Earth).

In fiction

There is also a Muskoka River in Nancy Drew's fictional home town of River Heights, located somewhere in the Midwestern United States.<ref>"River Heights" at Bookloversden.com</ref>

See also

• List of Ontario rivers

References

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