Muskoka River

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| image_caption = High Falls in Bracebridge on the north branch of the Muskoka River

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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.Gary Long. (1989) This river, the Muskoka. Erin, Ontario: The Boston Mills Press. p. 13. ISBN 1-55046-012-9.

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).