Drag River

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Drag River
River
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Southern Ontario
County Haliburton
Municipalities Minden Hills, Dysart et al
Part of Great Lakes Basin
Source Unnamed lake
 - location Dysart et al
 - elevation389 m (1,276 ft)
 - coordinates 45°05′10″N78°20′18″W / 45.08611°N 78.33833°W / 45.08611; -78.33833
Mouth Burnt River
 - locationMinden Hills
 - elevation299 m (981 ft)
 - coordinates 44°53′21″N78°37′00″W / 44.88917°N 78.61667°W / 44.88917; -78.61667 Coordinates: 44°53′21″N78°37′00″W / 44.88917°N 78.61667°W / 44.88917; -78.61667
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Location of the mouth of the river in southern Ontario

The Drag River is a river in the municipalities of Minden Hills and Dysart et al in Haliburton County, Southern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the Burnt River.

River Natural flowing watercourse

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of water. Small rivers can be referred to using names such as stream, creek, brook, rivulet, and rill. There are no official definitions for the generic term river as applied to geographic features, although in some countries or communities a stream is defined by its size. Many names for small rivers are specific to geographic location; examples are "run" in some parts of the United States, "burn" in Scotland and northeast England, and "beck" in northern England. Sometimes a river is defined as being larger than a creek, but not always: the language is vague.

Minden Hills Township in Ontario, Canada

Minden Hills is a township in and the county seat of Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. It is an amalgam of the townships of Snowdon, Lutterworth, Anson, Hindon and Minden. It is usually referred to as Minden, after its largest community.

Dysart et al, Ontario United township in Ontario, Canada

The United Townships of Dysart, Dudley, Harcourt, Guilford, Harburn, Bruton, Havelock, Eyre and Clyde, commonly known as the Municipality of Dysart et al, is a municipality in Haliburton County in Central Ontario, Canada. The original townships were of the Canadian Land and Emigration Company. At 61 letters or 68 non-space characters, the municipality has the longest name of any place in Canada.

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Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake, and flows west through Drag Lake, Head Lake and Grass Lake, then heads south through Kashagawigamog Lake to reach its mouth at the Burnt River, about 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) south of the community of Gelert. The Burnt River flows Kawartha Lakes and the Trent River to Lake Ontario.

Drag Lake is a glacial lake in the township of Dysart et al in Haliburton County, Southern Ontario, Canada.

Head Lake (Haliburton County) lake in Canada

Head Lake is a lake in the village of Haliburton, in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. Haliburton Village is in south central Ontario, about 25 km (15 mi) east of the village of Minden and approximately 50 km (31 mi) south-west of the panhandle of Algonquin Park. From Ontario's largest city, Toronto, it is just over 200 km (124 mi) to Haliburton, and from the national capital of Ottawa, it is about 300 km (186 mi).

Kashagawigamog Lake is a lake in Haliburton County, Ontario, Canada. It is in the "cottage country" area of central Ontario and has many cottages along its shores.

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References

  1. "Drag River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2012-08-21.

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