Indian River (Lanark County)

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Indian River
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Indian River at the Mill of Kintail Conservation Area
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Location of the mouth of the river in southern Ontario
Location
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Eastern Ontario
County Lanark
Municipalities
Physical characteristics
Source Unnamed lake
  locationLavant Township, Lanark Highlands
  coordinates 45°10′32″N76°37′07″W / 45.17556°N 76.61861°W / 45.17556; -76.61861
  elevation319 m (1,047 ft)
Mouth Mississippi River
  location
Ramsay Township, Mississippi Mills
  coordinates
45°15′24″N76°14′32″W / 45.25667°N 76.24222°W / 45.25667; -76.24222 Coordinates: 45°15′24″N76°14′32″W / 45.25667°N 76.24222°W / 45.25667; -76.24222
  elevation
94 m (308 ft)
Basin features
River system Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
Tributaries 
  rightUnion Hall Creek

The Indian River is a river in Lanark County in Eastern Ontario, Canada. [1] It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Mississippi River.

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Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake in geographic Lavant Township in the municipality of Lanark Highlands. [2] It flows east into geographic Darling Township, under Lanark County Road 511 near the settlement of White, turns southeast, passes the settlement of Halls Mills on the border of geographic Lanark Township, and reaches Clayton Lake, where it takes in the outflow from Taylor Lake. The river passes into geographic Ramsay Township in the municipality of Mississippi Mills on the lake, and leaves over the Clayton Lake Dam at the settlement of Clayton. It heads northeast, takes in the right tributary Union Hall Creek, and passes through the Mill of Kintail Conservation Area, which has a former grist mill, and a former home of medical doctor, sculptor and Ramsay Township native R. Tait McKenzie. [3] The mill is home to a museum to Mackenzie and to another famous native of Ramsay Township, inventor of basketball James Naismith. [4] The river then reaches its mouth at the Mississippi River, 1.4 kilometres (0.9 mi) upstream of the settlement of Blakeney; the Mississippi flows via the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawerence River.

Tributaries

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References

  1. "Indian River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  2. "Lavant" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  3. "Mill of Kintail Conservation Area". Mississippi Valley Conservation. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  4. "Naismith Museum". Archived from the original on 2017-10-05. Retrieved 2012-01-23.

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