Boyne River (Nottawasaga River tributary)

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Boyne River
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Location of the mouth of the Boyne River in southern Ontario
Location
CountryCanada
Province Ontario
RegionCentral Ontario
Counties
Physical characteristics
SourceUnnamed pond
  location Melancthon, Dufferin County
  coordinates 44°06′27″N80°16′02″W / 44.10750°N 80.26722°W / 44.10750; -80.26722
  elevation508 m (1,667 ft)
Mouth Nottawasaga River
  location
Essa, Simcoe County
  coordinates
44°10′10″N79°48′56″W / 44.16944°N 79.81556°W / 44.16944; -79.81556 Coordinates: 44°10′10″N79°48′56″W / 44.16944°N 79.81556°W / 44.16944; -79.81556
  elevation
205 m (673 ft)
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin

The Boyne River is a river in Simcoe County and Dufferin County in Central Ontario, Canada. [1] It is part of the Great Lakes Basin, and is a left tributary of the Nottawasaga River. The rivers falls within the jurisdiction of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority. [2]

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Course

The river begins at an unnamed pond in Melancthon, Dufferin County, that lies between the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway line and Ontario Highway 10. It heads southeast past the town of Shelburne, then heads east northeast roughly parallel to Ontario Highway 89 for the remainder of its course. It enters Mulmur, passes through Boyne Valley Provincial Park, and enters Adjala–Tosorontio in Simcoe County. The river goes through Earl Rowe Provincial Park (mostly as Earl Rowe Lake), briefly flows through New Tecumseth at the community of Alliston, then reaches its mouth at the Nottawasaga River at Essa. The Nottawasaga River flows to Georgian Bay on Lake Huron.

Tributaries

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References

  1. "Boyne River". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-04-19.
  2. "Boyne River - 2013 Subwatershed Health Check" (PDF). Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority. 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-08-31. Retrieved 2014-04-19.

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