Port Granby Creek facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Port Granby Creek
Location of the mouth of Port Granby Creek in southern Ontario
Other name(s)	ruisseau Port Granby
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Regional Municipality	Durham
Municipality	Clarington
Physical characteristics
Main source	Confluence of two unnamed streams 126 units? 43°56′22″N 78°27′27″W / 43.93944°N 78.45750°W / 43.93944; -78.45750
River mouth	Lake Ontario Port Granby 74.1 m (243 ft) 43°54′13″N 78°27′33″W / 43.90361°N 78.45917°W / 43.90361; -78.45917
Basin features
Progression	Lake Ontario→ Saint Lawrence River→ Gulf of Saint Lawrence
River system	Lake Ontario drainage basin

Port Granby Creek (French: ruisseau Port Granby) is a stream in the municipality of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, Canada. It feeds into Lake Ontario, which it reaches at the community of Port Granby, after which it is named.

Course

Port Granby Creek begins at the confluence of two unnamed streams at an elevation of 126 metres (413 ft) southeast of the community of Newtonville. It heads southwest, passes under Ontario Highway 401, and turns south. The creek flows under the Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway main lines and reaches its mouth at Lake Ontario at the community of Port Granby. Lake Ontario flows via the Saint Lawrence River to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.