Wesleys Creek facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Wesleys Creek |
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Location of the mouth of Wesleys Creek in Southern Ontario
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Other name(s) | ruisseau Wesleys |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Eastern Ontario |
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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 |
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 |
Length | 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) |
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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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