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Foxear Creek
Foxear Creek is located in Ontario
Foxear Creek
Location of the creek mouth in Ontario
Country Canada
State Ontario
Region Northwestern Ontario
District Thunder Bay
Municipality Greenstone
Physical characteristics
Main source Foxear Lake
326 m (1,070 ft)
49°42′57″N 87°39′41″W / 49.71583°N 87.66139°W / 49.71583; -87.66139
River mouth Namewaminikan River
299 m (981 ft)
49°43′15″N 87°55′25″W / 49.72083°N 87.92361°W / 49.72083; -87.92361
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin

Foxear Creek is a stream in the municipality of Greenstone, Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a left tributary of the Namewaminikan River. The river lies in the geographic townships of Sandra, Irwin and Walters.

Course

The river begins at Foxear Lake. It travels west through a series of lakes, flows under Ontario Highway 801, and arrives at Bearskin Lake. It continues west through Windigokan Lake before reaching its mouth at the Namewaminikan River. The Namewaminikan River flows via Lake Nipigon and the Nipigon River to Lake Superior.

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