Blue Jay Creek (Lake Huron tributary)


Blue Jay Creek is a river on Manitoulin Island in Central Manitoulin and Tehkummah townships, Manitoulin District in northeastern Ontario, Canada and a tributary of Lake Huron.

Course

Blue Jay Creek begins at a spring, about east of the community of Sandfield on Lake Manitou in Central Manitoulin township, and at an elevation of. It flows south under Ontario Highway 542 and then to the east of the community of Tehkummah in Tehkummah township. The creek heads southwest, takes in the right tributary Black Creek and reaches its mouth at Michael's Bay on Lake Huron, near the community of Michael's Bay, and about southeast of the mouth of the Manitou River and northwest of the community of South Baymouth.

Ecology

The Blue Jay Creek and Manitou River Enhancement Strategy was completed in June 2001 and approved in December 2003 by the Manitoulin Streams Improvement Association. The organization has rehabilitated sites on the creek, which has improved water quality and the fisheries in the region.

Parks

incorporates a portion of the creek near its mouth.

Tributaries