| Chenal Ecarté (The Snye) | |
| Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the Chenail Ecarté (The Snye) in Southern Ontario |
| Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Southern Ontario with a dot at the location of the mouth of the Chenal Ecarté (The Snye) |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
| Subdivision Type3: | Region |
| Subdivision Name3: | Southwestern Ontario |
| Subdivision Type4: | Municipalities |
| Source1: | St. Clair River |
| Source1 Location: | Saint Clair |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 42.6381°N -82.5042°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 175m (574feet)[1] |
| Mouth: | Lake St. Clair |
| Mouth Location: | Chatham-Kent |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 42.4851°N -82.4469°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 175m (574feet) |
| River System: | Great Lakes Basin |
| Tributaries Left: | Sydenham River |
The Chenal Ecarté (The Snye) is a river in the municipalities of Saint Clair (Lambton County) and Chatham-Kent (formerly in Kent County) in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.[2] [3] [4] It is a left distributary of the St. Clair River that flows to Lake St. Clair, and thus is part of the Great Lakes Basin. The river also separates mainland Ontario from the northeast edge of Walpole Island, and the entire eastern edge of St. Anne Island, which both are part of the Walpole Island 46 reserve of the Walpole Island First Nation.
The creek begins at the St. Clair River in the municipality of Saint Clair at an elevation of, south of the community of Port Lambton. It flows southeast into Chatham-Kent, then turns south. The distributary Johnston Channel exits from the right bank towards Lake St. Clair. The river then turns south, sees the exit of the distributary Running Creek, then takes in the Sydenham River, turns southwest, and reaches its mouth at Lake St. Clair, at an elevation of . Lake St. Clair flows via the Detroit River to Lake Erie.
(in downstream order; all are left tributaries)