Percy Creek (Northumberland County)

For other places with the same name, see Percy Creek (disambiguation).

Percy Creek
Location of the mouth of Percy Creek in southern Ontario
Etymology	Named after Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Central Ontario
County	Northumberland
Municipalities	Trent Hills Alnwick/Haldimand
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed marsh
• location	Alnwick/Haldimand
• coordinates	44°10′30″N78°03′26″W / 44.17495257031138°N 78.05734823780516°W / 44.17495257031138; -78.05734823780516
• elevation	255 m (837 ft)
Mouth	Trent River
• location	Trent Hills
• coordinates	44°15′01″N77°49′01″W / 44.25028°N 77.81694°W / 44.25028; -77.81694 [1]
• elevation	116 m (381 ft)
Basin features
River system	Great Lakes Basin
Tributaries
• right	Burnley Creek

Percy Creek is a stream in the municipalities of Trent Hills and Alnwick/Haldimand, Northumberland County, in Central Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the Trent River. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} Percy Creek is named after Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland.

Course

Percy Creek begins at an unnamed marsh, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the community of Roseneath, in geographic Alnwick Township in the municipality of Alnwick/Haldimand. It flows northeast through several portions of the lands of the Alderville First Nation, passes into geographic Percy Township in the municipality of Trent Hills, and reaches its northernmost point north of the community of Brickley. It then heads south, flowing through Dartford Pond and over its impounding dam (with a fish ladder), then under the bridge for County Road 24 at the community of Dartford, then turns east. Percy Creek passes under County Road 25, over a small dam, takes in the right tributary Burnley Creek, turns north, heads into geographic Seymour Township, passes under County Road 30, and reaches its mouth at the Trent River at the community of Meyersburg. ^[2] The Trent River flows to the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario.

References

1. "Percy Creek". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2018-06-15.
2. "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
3. Map 6 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
4. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2018-06-15.

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario