Tomwool Creek is a creek in

Timiskaming District Timiskaming is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district was created in 1912 from parts of Algoma, Nipissing, and Sudbury districts. In 1921, Cochrane District was created from pa ...

and

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 ...

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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 left tributary of

Sarsfield Creek Sarsfield Creek is a creek in Timiskaming District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a right tributary of Woollings Creek. Course The creek rises at Little Sarsfield Lake in geographic Bompas Townsh ...

Course

The creek begins at the outflow from

Cariad Lake Cariad Lake is a small lake in Cochrane District and Timiskaming District, in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The lake is in the James Bay drainage basin and is the source of Tomwool Creek. The nearest community is Bourkes, to the east northeas ...

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Black Township in the municipality of

Black River-Matheson Black River-Matheson is a township in the Cochrane District of the Canadian province of Ontario. The municipality is astride the Black River, for which it is partly named. The Matheson railway station was serviced by the Northlander until 2012. ...

, Cochrane District and heads south immediately into geographic Lee Township in the Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District to reach Verona Lake. It heads east into

Burl Lakes Burl Lakes is a small lake in geographic Lee Township in the Unorganized West Part of Timiskaming District, in northeastern Ontario, Canada. The lake is in the James Bay drainage basin and is on Tomwool Creek. The nearest community is Bourkes ...

, then south through Arras Lake to

Tomwool Lake Tomwool Lake is a small lake in geographic Lee Township in the Unorganized West Part of 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 flowi ...

. The creek continues south to reach its mouth at Sarsfield Creek. Sarsfield Creek flows via Meyers Lake,

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 ...

, 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, southeast of the mouth of the creek.

References

Other map sources: * * {{refend Rivers of Timiskaming District Rivers of Cochrane District