Beaver River (Lake Simcoe)

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Beaver River
Beaver River along the Trans Canada Trail.jpg
Beaver River adjacent to the Trans Canada Trail in Scugog
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Location of the mouth of the Beaver River in southern Ontario
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionCentral Ontario
Regional Municipality Durham
Physical characteristics
SourceUnnamed pond
  location Scugog
  coordinates 44°05′46″N79°04′39″W / 44.09611°N 79.07750°W / 44.09611; -79.07750
  elevation303 m (994 ft)
Mouth Lake Simcoe
  location
Brock
  coordinates
44°25′55″N79°09′50″W / 44.43194°N 79.16389°W / 44.43194; -79.16389
  elevation
219 m (719 ft)
Basin size327.3 km2 (126.4 sq mi)
Discharge 
  locationBeaverton, Ontario
  average2.833 m3/s (100.0 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin

The Beaver River is a river in Durham Region in Central Ontario, Canada. [1] It is part of the Great Lakes Basin, and is a tributary of Lake Simcoe. The river's drainage basin is mostly in Durham Region with the remaining portion in the city of Kawartha Lakes; the entire watershed is under the auspices of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority. [2]

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Course

The river begins at an unnamed pond in Scugog on the Oak Ridges Moraine and heads north, passing briefly through Uxbridge before returning to Scugog. The river continues north and its valley becomes largely marshy, paralleled by the now defunct Toronto and Nipissing Railway line to Coboconk. The river passes under Ontario Highway 12/Ontario Highway 7 and enters Brock. At the community of Cannington, the river turns northwest and reaches its mouth at Lake Simcoe at the community of Beaverton.

Tributaries

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References

  1. "Beaver River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  2. "Beaver River Subwatershed Plan" (PDF). Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-21. Retrieved 2014-04-19.

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