Little Clyde River

Little Clyde River
	Location of the mouth of the Little Clyde River in southern Ontario
Etymology	After the River Clyde in Scotland
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Eastern Ontario
County	Lanark
Municipality	Lanark Highlands
Physical characteristics
Source	Tate Lake
- coordinates	45°02′23″N76°35′29″W / 45.03972°N 76.59139°W
- elevation	267 m (876 ft)
River mouth	Clyde River
- coordinates	45°07′05″N76°28′30″W / 45.11806°N 76.47500°W Coordinates: 45°07′05″N76°28′30″W / 45.11806°N 76.47500°W
- elevation	169 m (554 ft)
Basin features
River system	Saint Lawrence River drainage basin

Last updated April 20, 2019

The Little Clyde River is a river in the municipality of Lanark Highlands, Lanark County in Eastern Ontario, Canada.^[1] It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin, is a right tributary of the Clyde River, and was named after the River Clyde in Scotland.

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.

Lanark County is a county located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its county seat is Perth, which was first settled in 1816. Most European settlements of the county began in 1816, when Drummond, Beckwith and Bathurst townships were named and initially surveyed. The first farm north of the Rideau was cleared and settled somewhat earlier, in 1790. The county took its name from the town of Lanark in Scotland. Nearly all the townships were named after British public and military figures from the era of early settlement.

Eastern Ontario is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa River and St. Lawrence River. It shares water boundaries with Quebec to the north and New York State to the east and south, as well as a small land boundary with the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region of Quebec to the east.

Course

The Little Clyde River begins at the outflow from Tate Lake in geographic Dalhousie Township.^[2] It flows east, then turns northeast, passes the community of Poland, enters geographic Lanark Township,^[3] and reaches its mouth at the Clyde River. The Clyde River flows via the Mississippi River and the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River.

The Mississippi River is a tributary of the Ottawa River in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is 200 kilometres (120 mi) in length from its source at Mackavoy Lake, has a drainage area of 4,450 square kilometres (1,720 sq mi), and has a mean discharge of 40 cubic metres per second (1,400 cu ft/s). There are more than 250 lakes in the watershed.

Ottawa River river flowing draining Abitibi-Témiscamingue, then flowing between Ontario and Quebec, in Canada

The Ottawa River is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. For most of its length, it defines the border between these two provinces. It is a major tributary of the St. Lawrence River.

Tributaries

Gunns Creek (right)
Poland Creek (right)
Wilsons Creek (right)

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References

↑ "Little Clyde River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2014-01-30.
↑ "Township of Dalhousie" (JPG). Canadian County Atlas Project. McGill University. 2001. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
↑ "Township of Lanark" (JPG). Canadian County Atlas Project. McGill University. 2001. Retrieved 2014-01-30.

Sources

Map 11 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2014-01-30.

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