Clare River (Ontario) Explained

Clare River
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the Clare River in southern Ontario
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ontario
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario
Subdivision Type4:Counties
Source1:Unnamed confluence
Source1 Location:Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County
Source1 Coordinates:44.5939°N -77.0328°W
Source1 Elevation:189m (620feet)
Mouth:Stoco Lake
Mouth Location:Tweed, Hastings County
Mouth Coordinates:44.4828°N -77.2753°W
Mouth Elevation:138m (453feet)
River System:Great Lakes Basin
Tributaries Left:Otter Creek
Tributaries Right:Goose Creek

The Clare River is a river that is part of the Moira River system in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties, Ontario, Canada.

Course

The Clare River begins at the junction of several unnamed creeks in the township of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County at an elevation of 189m (620feet). It flows southwest into Calpin Lake at an elevation of 171m (561feet) at the community of McGuire Settlement, then continues southwest under Highway 41. It then turns west and passes into the municipality of Tweed, Hastings County. It takes in the left tributary Goose Creek and right tributary Otter Creek, flows past the settlement of Bogart, and empties into the east side of Stoco Lake on the Moira River at an elevation of 138m (453feet). The Moira River flows into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at Belleville.

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