Rainy Creek (Lennox and Addington County)

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Rainy Creek
River
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Eastern Ontario
County Lennox and Addington
Municipality Addington Highlands
Part of Great Lakes Basin
SourceUnnamed marsh
 - elevation349 m (1,145 ft)
 - coordinates 44°53′20″N77°23′34″W / 44.88889°N 77.39278°W / 44.88889; -77.39278
Mouth Skootamatta River
 - elevation315 m (1,033 ft)
 - coordinates 44°54′07″N77°17′24″W / 44.90194°N 77.29000°W / 44.90194; -77.29000 Coordinates: 44°54′07″N77°17′24″W / 44.90194°N 77.29000°W / 44.90194; -77.29000
Length9.5 km (6 mi)
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Location of the mouth of Rainy Creek in southern Ontario

Rainy Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.

Stream A body of surface water flowing down a channel

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Moira River river in Canada

The Moira River is a river in Hastings County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It travels from its source in the centre of the county to the county seat Belleville to the Bay of Quinte.

Lake Ontario one of the Great Lakes in North America

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Course

Rainy Creek begins in an unnamed marsh at an elevation of 349 metres (1,145 ft), 1.2 kilometres (0.7 mi) north of Grimsthorpe Lake on the sister tributary of the Skootamatta River, Partridge Creek. It flows south, then turns east for the rest of its run. The creek reaches Rainy Lake at an elevation of 325 metres (1,066 ft), and enters Bon Echo Provincial Park. The creek then reaches its mouth at the Skootamatta River at an elevation of 315 metres (1,033 ft), between Joeperry Lake and Pearson Lake and about 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) northwest of the community of Cloyne.

Grimsthorpe Lake is a lake in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins that straddles the border between Tweed, Hastings County and Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County in Ontario, Canada.

Skootamatta River river in Canada

The Skootamatta River is a river in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties in Ontario, Canada. It flows from Joeperry Lake to join the Moira River in Tweed. The river's name is thought to come from Ojibwa words meaning "burnt shoreline".

Partridge Creek (Ontario) river in Canada

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

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Joeperry Lake lake in Ontario, Canada

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Pearson Lake is a lake in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. The lake is about 10 kilometres (6 mi) northwest of the community of Cloyne and is within Bon Echo Provincial Park.

Little Mink Lake is a lake in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County in Ontario, Canada. A Hydro One transmission line crosses over the west end of the lake.

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Rainy Lake is a lake in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.

Norway Lake is a lake in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.

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Little Skootamatta Creek river in Canada

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References

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