Lac Ste. Thérèse is a
lake
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in
geographic
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Casgrain Township,
Cochrane District
Cochrane District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1921 from parts of Timiskaming and Thunder Bay districts.
In 2021, the district's population was 77,963, with a l ...
in
Northeastern Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
It is in the
Moose River drainage basin
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, and is located at the northern terminus of
Ontario Highway 583 at the community of
Lac-Sainte-Thérèse
Lac-Sainte-Thérèse is a dispersed rural community in geographic Casgrain Township, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. The community is counted as part of Unorganized Cochrane North Part in Canadian census data.
Location
The ...
.
The primary inflow, at the southwest, is
Ste.-Thérèse Creek. The primary outflow, at the northeast, is the Pivabiska Narrows, which flows via
Lac Pivabiska, the
Pivabiska River
The Pivabiska River is a river in Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of Missinaibi River.
The river begins at Lac Pivabiska in geographic Casgrain Township and heads ...
, the
Missinaibi River
The Missinaibi River is a river in northern Ontario, Canada, which flows northeast from Missinaibi Lake, north of Chapleau, and empties into the Moose River, which drains into James Bay. This river (including Missinaibi Lake and Moose River ...
and the
Moose River to James Bay.
Tributaries
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Ste.-Thérèse Creek
See also
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List of lakes in Ontario
This is an incomplete list of lakes in Ontario, a province of Canada. There are over 250,000 lakes in Ontario, constituting around 20% of the world's fresh water supply.
Larger lake statistics
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References
Other map sources:
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Lakes of Cochrane District
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