Boyne River | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Boyne 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: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Grey Highlands |
Source1: | Wilcox Lake |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.2311°N -80.5583°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 469m (1,539feet) |
Mouth: | Beaver River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 44.3147°N -80.5394°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 295m (968feet) |
River System: | Great Lakes Basin |
Tributaries Right: | Flesherton Creek |
The Boyne River is a river in the municipality of Grey Highlands, Grey County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is part of the Great Lakes Basin, and lies entirely within geographic Artemesia Township.[2]
The river begins at Wilcox Lake and flows north under the Toronto, Grey and Bruce Railway line. It passes through Flesherton Community Pond at the community of Flesherton, then exits the pond over a weir and passes under Ontario Highway 10. It continues north and starts to descend the Niagara Escarpment by passing over the Hoggs Falls,[3] named after William Hogg, takes in the right tributary Flesherton Creek, and continues downhill to its mouth at the Beaver River west of the community of Eugenia. The Beaver River flows to Georgian Bay on Lake Huron.