Sarsfield Creek is a creek in

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in northeastern

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. It is in the

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and is a right tributary of Woollings Creek.

Course

The creek rises at Little Sarsfield Lake in

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Bompas Township. It then flows north into Ellis Lake, then into Gould Lake, which straddles the border with geographic Lee Township, then into Sarsfield Lake. It takes in the left tributary

Tomwool Creek Tomwool Creek is a creek in Timiskaming District and Cochrane District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the James Bay drainage basin and is a left tributary of Sarsfield Creek. Course The creek begins at the outflow from Cariad Lake i ...

, turns northeast, and reaches its mouth at Meyers Lake, on Woollings Creek, near the border with

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. Woollings Creek flows via the Whiteclay River, the Black River, the

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and the Moose River to James Bay. The creek travels through no communities; the nearest is Sesekinika, east of the source of the creek.

References

Other map sources: * * Rivers of Timiskaming District {{NorthernOntario-river-stub