Buttermilk Creek (Lambton County) Explained

Buttermilk Creek
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Buttermilk Creek 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:Lambton
Subdivision Type5:Town
Subdivision Name5:Petrolia
Length:5km (03miles)
Source1:Field
Source1 Coordinates:42.9025°N -82.1511°W
Source1 Elevation:203m (666feet)
Mouth:Stonehouse Drain
Mouth Coordinates:42.8758°N -82.1822°W
Mouth Elevation:197m (646feet)
River System:Great Lakes Basin

Buttermilk Creek is a creek in the town of Petrolia, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.

Course

Buttermilk Creek begins in a field north of Petrolia and travels 5km (03miles) through the northwest of the town before reaching its mouth at the Stonehouse Drain in Lorne C Henderson Conservation Area. The Stonehouse Drain flows via Bear Creek and the North Sydenham and Sydenham Rivers into Lake St. Clair.

Buttermilk Creek is part of the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority's Lower Bear Watershed.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lower Bear Creek Watershed Report Card . PDF . St. Clair Region Conservation Authority . 2010-07-13 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110614231951/http://www.scrca.on.ca/Report_Cards/Lower_Bear_Creek_Report_Card.pdf . 2011-06-14 .