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Wesleys Creek
Map of Southern Ontario with a dot at the location of the mouth of Wesleys Creek
Map of Southern Ontario with a dot at the location of the mouth of Wesleys Creek
Location of the mouth of Wesleys Creek in Southern Ontario
Other name(s) ruisseau Wesleys
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Eastern Ontario
Counties
  • Frontenac County
  • Lanark County
Municipalities
  • Central Frontenac
  • Tay Valley
Physical characteristics
Main source Confluence of two unnamed streams
Tay Valley, Lanark County
212 metres (696 ft)
44°52′32″N 76°32′55″W / 44.87556°N 76.54861°W / 44.87556; -76.54861
River mouth Silver Lake
Central Frontenac, Frontenac County
178 metres (584 ft)
44°49′58″N 76°35′55″W / 44.83278°N 76.59861°W / 44.83278; -76.59861
Length 7 kilometres (4.3 mi)
Basin features
River system Ottawa River drainage basin

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

Course

Wesleys Creek begins at the confluence of two unnamed streams in Tay Valley, at an elevation of 212 metres (696 ft). 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). Silver Lake flows via Silver Lake Creek, the Fall River and the Mississippi River to Lac des Chats on the Ottawa River.

The creek has numerous unnamed but no named inflows.

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