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Depot Creek
Depot Creek (Napanee River tributary) is located in Southern Ontario
Depot Creek (Napanee River tributary)
Location of the mouth of Depot Creek in southern Ontario
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Eastern Ontario
Counties
  • Frontenac
  • Lennox and Addington
Physical characteristics
Main source Sixth Depot Lake
Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County
192 m (630 ft)
44°35′03″N 76°54′28″W / 44.58417°N 76.90778°W / 44.58417; -76.90778
River mouth Napanee River
South Frontenac, Frontenac County
141 m (463 ft)
44°27′41″N 76°45′42″W / 44.46139°N 76.76167°W / 44.46139; -76.76167
Basin features
River system Great Lakes Basin

Depot Creek is a river in Frontenac County and Lennox and Addington County in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a left tributary of the Napanee River.

Course

The creek begins at Sixth Depot Lake in Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County, and flows northeast into Central Frontenac, Frontenac County and to Fifth Depot Lake, then turns southeast to Fourth Depot Lake, turns south, is crossed by the Canadian Pacific Railway main line and reaches Third Depot Lake. It exits Third Depot Lake controlled by a dam, heads southeast to Second Depot Lake, exits that lake controlled by a dam, continues southeast into South Frontenac and to First Depot Lake, heads south, flows through the community of Bellrock, and reaches its mouth at the Napanee River. The Napanee River flows to the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario.

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