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Black Creek
Black Creek (Big Rideau Lake) is located in Southern Ontario
Black Creek (Big Rideau Lake)
Location of the mouth of Black Creek in southern Ontario
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Eastern Ontario
Counties
  • Lanark
  • Leeds and Grenville
Municipalities
  • Tay Valley
  • Rideau Lakes
Physical characteristics
Main source Unnamed lake
Rideau Lakes
147 m (482 ft)
44°44′52″N 76°20′49″W / 44.74778°N 76.34694°W / 44.74778; -76.34694
River mouth Big Rideau Lake
Tay Valley
123.1 m (404 ft)
44°46′19″N 76°14′02″W / 44.77194°N 76.23389°W / 44.77194; -76.23389
Basin features
River system Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
Basin size 94 km2 (36 sq mi)

Black Creek is a stream in the municipalities of Tay Valley, Lanark County and Rideau Lakes, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It flows from an unnamed lake in Rideau Lakes to the west shore of Big Rideau Lake in Tay Valley. Big Rideau Lake, on the Rideau Canal, flows via the Rideau River and Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River. The stream has a drainage basin of 94 square kilometres (36 sq mi).

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