Plum Creek is the primary outflow for the Plum Lakes (49°37′51″N, 100°43′39″W) and travels in an easterly direction for about 28 kilometres until it meets up with the

Souris River The Souris River (; french: rivière Souris) or Mouse River (as it is alternatively known in the U.S., a calque of its French name) is a river in central North America. It is about in length and drains about . It rises in the Yellow Grass Mars ...

, which is part of the

Hudson Bay drainage basin The Hudson Bay drainage basin is the drainage basin in northern North America where surface water empties into Hudson Bay and adjoining waters. Spanning an area of about , the basin is almost totally in Canada (spanning parts of the Prairies, ce ...

, at the community of Souris in the

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. Plum Lakes and the beginning of Plum Creek are in the

Rural Municipality of Sifton The Rural Municipality of Sifton is a rural municipality (RM) in the south-west portion of the Canadian province of Manitoba. History The RM was incorporated in 1883. The former town of Oak Lake, located within Sifton, annexed by the RM on J ...

and the

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is in the

Municipality of Souris – Glenwood The Municipality of Souris – Glenwood is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. History The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RM of Glenwood and the town of Souris. It was for ...

. The course of Plum Creek flows north-east past the

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then back east-southeast towards the Souris River in a gentle arc. While Plum Creek itself is relatively short with no notable tributaries along its course, it has a large

drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

that goes as far west and north as

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. The source for Plum Creek is Plum Lakes. The inflows for the Plum Lakes, which are a group of lakes to the south and east of Oak Lake, include Maple Lake (fed by Stony Creek), Bell Creek, and Oak Lake. Oak Lake, through Oak Lake Dam (49°38′27″N, 100°45′8″W), is the primary inflow for the Plum Lakes. Along the western side of Oak Lake is Oak Lake Marsh, which is where Oak Lake's primary inflow,

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, enters the lake. With a basin size of , Pipestone Creek and its tributaries make up the bulk of the land area in Plum Creek's overall watershed. Pipestone Creek drains much of the northern and eastern portions of

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and as far north and west as Grenfell, Saskatchewan. Maple Lake, Plum Lakes,

Lauder Sand Hills The Municipality of Grassland is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Manitoba. History The RM was incorporated on January 1, 2015 via the amalgamation of the RMs of Cameron and Whitewater and the town of Hartney. It was form ...

, Oak Lake, Oak Lake Marsh (which is almost 4 times the size of Oak Lake itself), and Plum Creek are all part of Important Bird Area (IBA) Canada called Oak Lake / Plum Lakes Area. This IBA is a very important breeding ground and stop-over for migrating birds and it covers of habitat.

Concrete Bowstring Arch Bridge No. 734

The Concrete Bowstring Arch Bridge No. 734 is an abandoned concrete arch bridge over Plum Creek, west of Souris in the Municipality of Souris-Glenwood. It was built in 1921 as part of Provincial Trunk Highway #2 and is now part of the

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and on the

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. Highway 2 has since been relocated farther south.

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{{Authority control Rivers of Manitoba Tributaries of Hudson Bay Souris River

Concrete Bowstring Arch Bridge No. 734

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