Burnley Creek facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Burnley Creek |
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Location of the mouth of Burnley Creek in southern Ontario
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Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Central Ontario |
County | Northumberland |
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Physical characteristics | |
Main source | Confluence of unnamed streams Alnwick/Haldimand 257 m (843 ft) 44°07′12″N 78°05′40″W / 44.12000582387191°N 78.09437694952733°W |
River mouth | Percy Creek Trent Hills 122 m (400 ft) 44°13′17″N 77°50′35″W / 44.22139°N 77.84306°W |
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River system | Great Lakes Basin |
Burnley 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 Percy Creek.
Course
Burnley Creek begins at the confluence of two unnamed streams, on the north slope of the Oak Ridges Moraine, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) south of the community of Fenella, in geographic Haldimand Township in the municipality of Alnwick/Haldimand. It flows east, passes under County Road 45, continues east through a portion of Peter's Woods Provincial Park, and reaches the community of Burnley where it flows under County Road 29. Burnley Creek passes into geographic Percy Township in the municipality of Trent Hills, and flows through the former mill pond of the community of Warkworth. The creek continues east and reaches its mouth at Percy Creek, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) southwest of the community of Meyersburg. Percy Creek flows via the Trent River to the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario.