Sarsfield Creek is a creek in

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. It is in the

James Bay James Bay (french: Baie James; cr, ᐐᓂᐯᒄ, Wînipekw, dirty water) is a large body of water located on the southern end of Hudson Bay in Canada. Both bodies of water extend from the Arctic Ocean, of which James Bay is the southernmost par ...

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and is a right tributary of

Woollings Creek Woollings Creek is a creek in Timiskaming District and Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a tributary of the Whiteclay River. Course The creek begins at Big Finlander Lake in geograp ...

Course

The creek rises at Little Sarsfield Lake in

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Bompas Township. It then flows north into Ellis Lake, then into Gould Lake, which straddles the border with geographic Lee Township, then into

Sarsfield Lake Sarsfield Lake is a small lake in Lee Township, Timiskaming District, in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The lake is in the James Bay drainage basin A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single po ...

. It takes in the left tributary

Tomwool Creek Tomwool Creek is a creek in Timiskaming District and Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of Sarsfield Creek. Course The creek begins at the outflow from Cariad Lake in ...

, turns northeast, and reaches its mouth at Meyers Lake, on Woollings Creek, near the border with

Cochrane District Cochrane District is a district and Census divisions of Canada, census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1921 from parts of Timiskaming District, Timiskami ...

. Woollings Creek flows via the

Whiteclay River The Whiteclay River is a river in Cochrane District and Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Black River. Course The river begins at Swan Lake in geographic ...

, the Black River, the

Abitibi River The Abitibi River is a river in northeastern Ontario, Canada, which flows northwest from Lake Abitibi to join the Moose River which empties into James Bay. This river is long, and descends . It is the fifth longest river entirely in Ontario A ...

and the Moose River to James Bay. The creek travels through no communities; the nearest is Sesekinika, east of the source of the creek.

References

Other map sources: * * Rivers of Timiskaming District {{NorthernOntario-river-stub