The Murdock River (French: ''Rivière Murdock'') is a
river
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in
Sudbury District
The Sudbury District is a district in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1894 from townships of eastern Algoma District and west Nipissing District.
The overwhelming majority of the district (about 92%) ...
in
Northeastern Ontario
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Northeastern Ontario consists of the districts of Algoma, Sudbury, Cochrane, Timiskami ...
,
Canada
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.
It is in the
Lake Huron drainage basin
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and is a right tributary of the
French River.
Course
The river begins at Mud Lake in
geographic
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Servos Township
in
Unorganized North Sudbury District
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. It flows west through Graham Lake, turns south, and is crossed by the
Canadian Pacific Railway main line. It enters Lovering Lake at the community of
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, flows west under
Ontario Highway 69
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into Kakakiwaganda Lake, then turns sharply east back under Highway 69 to Round Lake. It heads south southeast, passes briefly through the northeast corner of geographic Cox Township,
enters the municipality of
French River, is crossed by
Ontario Highway 64
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and
Ontario Highway 607
This is a list of secondary highways in Sudbury District, most of which serve as logging roads or provide access to provincial parks and isolated areas in the Sudbury District of northeastern Ontario.
Highway 528
Highway 528A
Highway 535 ...
, and reaches its mouth at the French River near the central community of French River.
See also
*
List of rivers of Ontario
References
Sources
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Rivers of Sudbury District