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Muskoka River
River in Ontario, Canada
The Muskoka River is a river in the Muskoka District of Ontario, Canada. The river is the third largest river draining the southern Ontario land mass by average annual flow.[1]
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It rises in the highlands of Algonquin Park and flows southwest through a number of lakes including
which empty into Georgian Bay south of Parry Sound by way of the Moon and Musquash Rivers.
Tributaries include the:
- Indian River
- Hollow River
- Oxtongue River
- Buck River
- East River
Communities on the river include:
The name "Muskoka" comes from the name of a chief of the Ojibwa in this region, "Mesqua Ukee" (Miskwaa-aki: Red Earth).
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