Staples River facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Staples River |
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 Location of the mouth of the river in Southern Ontario
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| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Central Ontario |
| Municipality | Kawartha Lakes |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Main source | Unnamed confluence Eldon Township 274 m (899 ft) 44°25′38″N 78°57′27″W / 44.427291900669054°N 78.95754780227682°W |
| River mouth | Balsam Lake Fenelon Township 256 m (840 ft) 44°33′08″N 78°53′30″W / 44.55222°N 78.89167°W |
| Length | 18 km (11 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Great Lakes Basin |
| Basin size | 4,792 ha (11,840 acres) |
The Staples River is a river in Kawartha Lakes in Central Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a tributary of Balsam Lake. The river is 18 kilometres (11 mi) long and has a watershed of 4,792 hectares (11,840 acres).
The river begins at an unnamed confluence of streams, northwest of the community of Grasshill in geographic Eldon Township, and flows northeast to its mouth at the West Bay on Balsam Lake in geographic Fenelon Township, at the summit of the Trent–Severn Waterway.
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