Clare River (Ontario)

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Clare River
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Location of the mouth of the Clare River in southern Ontario
Location
CountryCanada
Province Ontario
RegionCentral Ontario, Eastern Ontario
Counties
Physical characteristics
SourceUnnamed confluence
  location Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County
  coordinates 44°35′38″N77°01′58″W / 44.59389°N 77.03278°W / 44.59389; -77.03278
  elevation189 m (620 ft)
Mouth Stoco Lake
  location
Tweed, Hastings County
  coordinates
44°28′58″N77°16′31″W / 44.48278°N 77.27528°W / 44.48278; -77.27528 Coordinates: 44°28′58″N77°16′31″W / 44.48278°N 77.27528°W / 44.48278; -77.27528
  elevation
138 m (453 ft)
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin
Tributaries 
  left Otter Creek
  right Goose Creek

The Clare River is a river that is part of the Moira River system in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties, Ontario, Canada.

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Course

The Clare River begins at the junction of several unnamed creeks in the township of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County at an elevation of 189 metres (620 ft). It flows southwest into Calpin Lake at an elevation of 171 metres (561 ft) at the community of McGuire Settlement, then continues southwest under Highway 41. It then turns west and passes into the municipality of Tweed, Hastings County. It takes in the left tributary Goose Creek and right tributary Otter Creek, flows past the settlement of Bogart, and empties into the east side of Stoco Lake on the Moira River at an elevation of 138 metres (453 ft). The Moira River flows into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at Belleville.

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