Musquash River (Ontario)
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| name_etymology = Abenaki word meaning "muskrat"
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| subdivision_name1 = Canada
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| subdivision_name2 = Ontario
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| subdivision_name3 = Muskoka
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| source1 = Moon River
| source1_location = Muskoka Lakes
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| mouth = Georgian Bay
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The Musquash River is a river in Muskoka District Municipality, west Central Ontario, Canada, which splits from the Moon River and flows west into Georgian Bay. Musquash is an Abenaki word meaning "muskrat".
Hydrology
Up until 1968, the river was considered to be a continuation of the Muskoka River. It begins just below Moon Chute on the Moon River at an elevation of {{convert|221|m|ft|0}} where some of that river's water leave south and then pass through the Ragged Rapids Generating Station. It enters Wahta Mohawk Territory, then flows past the Big Eddy Generating Station and dam and under Highway 400, through Gray Lake and enters Go Home Lake at an elevation of {{convert|185|m|ft|0}}. Some of the lake's waters leaves at the west via the Go Home River, while the rest exits over the Go Home Lake Dam as the Musquash River. The river then takes in the left tributary Gibson River, turns west, passes through Three Rock ChuteTypo, http://www4.rncan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique/FCWEB and exits into the Musquash Channel on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron at an elevation of {{convert|176|m|ft|0}}.
Settlements
Near the end of the 19th century, a lumber town called Muskoka Mills was located at the mouth of the river.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
In popular culture
The Musquash River and Muskoka Mills are the setting for Slaid Cleaves' song Breakfast in Hell, about a doomed lumberjack who motivates his men to break a logjam in 1899.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}
See also
References
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- {{cite web|url= http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map |title= Toporama – Topographic Map Sheets 31D13, 31E4|work= Atlas of Canada |publisher= Natural Resources Canada |accessdate=12 January 2010}}
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Category:Rivers of Muskoka District
Category:Tributaries of Georgian Bay
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