Ste.-Thérèse Creek (also Ste-Thérèse Creek; ) is a

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in the town of Hearst and in the Unorganized North Part of

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in northeastern

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. It is in the Moose River

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and is a tributary of

Lac Ste. Thérèse Lac Ste. Thérèse is a lake in geographic Casgrain Township, Cochrane District in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Moose River drainage basin, and is located at the northern terminus of Ontario Highway 583 at the community of Lac-Sa ...

(a lake).

Course

The creek begins at an unnamed marsh in

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Hanlan Township in the town of Hearst, flows northeast out of Hearst — but still in Hanlan Township — into

Unorganized North Cochrane District Unorganized North Cochrane District is an unorganized area in the District of Cochrane in Northeastern Ontario, Canada. It comprises all parts of the district north of Timmins and Iroquois Falls which are not part of an incorporated municipality ...

, then continues northeast and passes into geographic Casgrain Township. The creek heads north, looping east then back west under Ontario Highway 583, and reaches its mouth at Lac Ste. Thérèse 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 ...

. Lac Ste.-Thérèse drains via the Pivabiska Narrows,

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, 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

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and the Moose River to

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