Rainy Creek (Lennox and Addington County) facts for kids
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Location of the mouth of Rainy Creek in southern Ontario
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Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Eastern Ontario |
County | Lennox and Addington |
Municipality | Addington Highlands |
Physical characteristics | |
Main source | Unnamed marsh 349 m (1,145 ft) 44°53′20″N 77°23′34″W / 44.88889°N 77.39278°W |
River mouth | Skootamatta River 315 m (1,033 ft) 44°54′07″N 77°17′24″W / 44.90194°N 77.29000°W |
Length | 9.5 km (5.9 mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Great Lakes Basin |
Rainy Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
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.
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