| Riley Creek | |
| River | |
| Country | Canada |
|---|---|
| Province | Ontario |
| Part of | Great Lakes Basin |
| Source | Riley Lake |
| - location | Ryde Township, Gravenhurst, District Municipality of Muskoka |
| - elevation | 247 m (810 ft) |
| - coordinates | 44°49′05″N79°10′40″W / 44.81806°N 79.17778°W |
| Mouth | Black River |
| - location | Dalton Township, Kawartha Lakes |
| - elevation | 235 m (771 ft) |
| - coordinates | 44°47′48″N79°09′51″W / 44.79667°N 79.16417°W [1] Coordinates: 44°47′48″N79°09′51″W / 44.79667°N 79.16417°W [1] |
| Length | 3.5 km (2 mi) |
  Location of the mouth of Riley Creek in Southern Ontario | |
Riley Creek is a stream in the Great Lakes Basin in Central Ontario, Canada. [1] [2] [3] [4] It flows south from its source at Riley Lake in geographic Ryde Township [5] in the municipality of Gravenhurst, District Municipality of Muskoka, to its mouth as a right tributary of the Black River in geographic Dalton Township [6] in the city of Kawartha Lakes. The Black River flows via the Severn River to Georgian Bay on Lake Huron.
A stream is a body of water with surface water flowing within the bed and banks of a channel. The stream encompasses surface and groundwater fluxes that respond to geological, geomorphological, hydrological and biotic controls.
The Great Lakes Basin consists of the Great Lakes and the surrounding lands of the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in the United States, and the province of Ontario in Canada, whose direct surface runoff and watersheds form a large drainage basin that feeds into the lakes. It is generally considered to also include a small area around and beyond Wolfe Island, Ontario, at the east end of Lake Ontario, which does not drain into the Great lakes, but into the Saint Lawrence River.
Central Ontario is a secondary region of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario that lies between Georgian Bay and the eastern end of Lake Ontario.
About 80% of the creek lies within Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park. [2]
The Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park is a provincial park in south-central Ontario, Canada, between Gravenhurst and Minden. The park, named for Elizabeth II, Queen of Canada, is 33,505 hectares in size, making it the second largest park south of Algonquin Park, but it has a fragmented shape as a result of many private lands within its boundary.
