Flinton Creek

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Flinton Creek
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Location of the mouth of Flinton Creek in southern Ontario
Location
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario
Counties
Physical characteristics
Source Unnamed lake
  location Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County
  coordinates 44°42′19″N77°07′12″W / 44.70528°N 77.12000°W / 44.70528; -77.12000
  elevation244 m (801 ft)
Mouth Skootamatta River
  location
Tweed, Hastings County
  coordinates
44°36′33″N77°14′20″W / 44.60917°N 77.23889°W / 44.60917; -77.23889 Coordinates: 44°36′33″N77°14′20″W / 44.60917°N 77.23889°W / 44.60917; -77.23889
  elevation
188 m (617 ft)
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin

Flinton Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties in Ontario, Canada.

Course

Flinton Creek begins at an unnamed lake in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, about 2.8 kilometres (1.7 mi) west southwest of the community of Flinton Corners, at an elevation of 244 metres (801 ft). It travels west, passes under Ontario Highway 41, heads southwest to the east of the community of Flinton, and reaches its mouth at the Skootamatta River just over the border into Hastings County. The Skootamatta River flows via the Moira River into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at Belleville.

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