Bluejay Creek
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Bluejay Creek is a river
River
A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in the east part of Thunder Bay District
Thunder Bay District
Thunder Bay District is a district and census division in Northwestern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario. The district seat is Thunder Bay....

 in northwestern
Northwestern Ontario
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 Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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. It is in the Lake Superior
Lake Superior
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 drainage basin and is a tributary of the Pic River
Pic River
The Pic River is a river in the east part of Thunder Bay District in northwestern Ontario, Canada. It flows from McKay Lake southeast of the community of Longlac and empties into Lake Superior southeast of the town of Marathon.-Course:...

.

Course

The creek begins at an unnamed lake at an elevation of 346 metres (1,135 ft). It flows north from the north end of the lake, then turns southwest and reaches Bluejay Lake. The creek then exits at the southwest of the lake and flows west to reach its mouth at the Pic River at an elevation of 313 metres (1,027 ft), just upstream of the Bigrock Rapids and about 12 kilometres (7 mi) southwest of the community of Caramat.
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