Wesleys Creek

Wesleys Creek; ruisseau Wesleys
	Location of the mouth of Wesleys Creek in Southern Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Eastern Ontario
Counties	Frontenac County ; Lanark County ;
Municipalities	Central Frontenac ; Tay Valley ;
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of two unnamed streams
• location	Tay Valley, Lanark County
• coordinates	44°52′32″N76°32′55″W / 44.87556°N 76.54861°W [1]
• elevation	212 metres (696 ft) [2]
Mouth	Silver Lake
• location	Central Frontenac, Frontenac County
• coordinates	44°49′58″N76°35′55″W / 44.83278°N 76.59861°W [3] Coordinates: 44°49′58″N76°35′55″W / 44.83278°N 76.59861°W [3]
• elevation	178 metres (584 ft) [2]
Length	7 kilometres (4.3 mi) [1]
Basin features
River system	Ottawa River drainage basin

Last updated September 14, 2020

Wesleys Creek (French : ruisseau Wesleys) is a stream in Central Frontenac, Frontenac County, and Tay Valley, Lanark County in Eastern Ontario, Canada.^[3]^[1]^[4]^[5]^[6] It flows to Silver Lake and is in the Ottawa River drainage basin.^[3]^[1]^[4]

Course

Wesleys Creek begins at the confluence of two unnamed streams in Tay Valley, at an elevation of 212 metres (696 ft).^[2] It flows southwest, and enters Central Frontenac. The creek then jogs northwest, southwest, south, and finally southeast, and reaches its mouth at Silver Lake, at an elevation of 178 metres (584 ft).^[2] Silver Lake flows via Silver Lake Creek, the Fall River and the Mississippi River to Lac des Chats on the Ottawa River.^[3]^[1]^[4]

The creek has numerous unnamed but no named inflows.

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[AOCToporama-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada . Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2020-08-29.

[GoogleEarthElev-2] 1 2 3 4 "Google Earth" . Retrieved 2020-08-29.

[CGNDB-3] 1 2 3 4 5 "Wesleys Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2020-08-29.

[OntGeoNamesMap-4] 1 2 3 "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2020-08-29.

[Restructuring-5] Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2020-08-29.

[OntarioRoadMap-6] Map 6 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2018-01-01. Retrieved 2020-08-29.