Tripoli Creek is a creek

Stream

A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...

 in the Lake Superior

Lake Superior

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 drainage basin

Drainage basin

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 in Algoma District

Algoma District, Ontario

Algoma District is a district and census division in Northeastern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1858 comprising territory as far west as Minnesota...

, northeastern

Northeastern Ontario

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 Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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Hydrology

The creek begins at an unnamed lake at an elevation of 515 metres (1,690 ft), about 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Highway 17

Highway 17 (Ontario)

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, travels north through a series of small lakes, and crosses the Canadian Pacific Railway

Canadian Pacific Railway

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 transcontinental mainline between the settlements of Amyot to the west and Girdwood

Girdwood, Ontario

Girdwood is a railway point and unincorporated place in the Unorganized North Part of Algoma District in northeastern Ontario, Canada. It lies on the Canadian Pacific Railway transcontinental main line between the settlements of Amyot on the line to the west northwest and Ryerson on the line to...

, 1.6 kilometre (0.994196378639691 mi) to the east. It then takes in an unnamed left tributary from West Tripoli Lake

West Tripoli Lake (Ontario)

West Tripoli Lake is a lake in the Lake Superior drainage basin in Algoma District, northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is about long and wide and lies at an elevation of...

 and Tripoli Lake

Tripoli Lake (Algoma District, Ontario)

Tripoli Lake is a lake in the Lake Superior drainage basin in Algoma District, northeastern Ontario, Canada. It is about long and wide and lies at an elevation of...

 at 48°28′10"N 84°46′56"W at an elevation of 420 metres (1,378 ft). Tripoli Creek continues north, takes in the right tributary Ryerson Creek, and reaches its mouth at Esnagi Lake

Esnagi Lake

Esnagi Lake is a large "V"-shaped lake in the Lake Superior drainage basin in Algoma District, Ontario, Canada. It is about long and wide and lies at an elevation of , with the "V" on its side and the apex facing west. The primary inflows are the Magpie River from Mosambik Lake at the north end...

 on the Magpie River

Magpie River (Ontario)

The Magpie River is a river in Algoma District, northeastern Ontario, Canada that empties into Michipicoten Bay on Lake Superior near the town of Wawa...

at an elevation of 344 metres (1,129 ft).