Beatty Saugeen River Explained

Beatty Saugeen River
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Beatty Saugeen River in southern Ontario
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ontario
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Southwestern Ontario
Subdivision Type4:County
Subdivision Name4:Grey
Subdivision Type5:Municipalities
Length:46km (29miles)
Discharge1 Avg:5.7m3/s
Source1:Woods
Source1 Location:Boothville
Source1 Coordinates:44.1272°N -80.6106°W
Source1 Elevation:484m (1,588feet)
Mouth:South Saugeen River
Mouth Location:Hanover
Mouth Coordinates:44.1344°N -81.0258°W
Mouth Elevation:261m (856feet)
River System:Saugeen River
Basin Size:274km2

The Beatty Saugeen River is a river in the Saugeen River and Lake Huron drainage basins in Grey County, southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is a tributary of the South Saugeen River.

Course

The river begins in a woods 2km (01miles) southeast of the community of Boothville in the township of Southgate. It flows west, to the north of the community of Dromore, then southwest, passing to the north of the community of Yeovil. The river heads west, over Holstein Dam at the community of Holstein, and under Ontario Highway 6 south of the community of Orchardville. The Beatty Saugeen turns northwest, passing to the south of the community of Hampden in the township of West Grey, before reaching its mouth at the South Saugeen River on the south side of the town of Hanover.

The river is about 46km (29miles) long with a drainage basin of 274km2 and average gradient of 4.5 metres per kilometre (23.8 ft per mile).

Geology

The headwaters of the river are in the Dundalk Till plain, and the remainder of the river in the Horseshoe Moraine and the Teeswater Drumlin field.

Ecology

There are four monitoring stations in the Beatty Saugeen drainage basin: two for Benthic zone animals, one for surface water quality, and one combined. There are two rare species: the Delta-spotted spiketail and the Hart's Tongue Fern.

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