Cooksville Creek | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Cooksville Creek in southern Ontario |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Greater Toronto Area |
Subdivision Type4: | Regional Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Peel |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Mississauga |
Length: | 16km (10miles) |
Source1 Coordinates: | 43.6264°N -79.6828°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 183m (600feet) |
Mouth: | Lake Ontario |
Mouth Coordinates: | 43.5647°N -79.5653°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 74m (243feet) |
River System: | Great Lakes Basin |
Basin Size: | 33.9km2 |
Cooksville Creek is a short stream in Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada.[1] It begins near Bristol Road West and Hurontario Street and flows south to Lake Ontario at R.K McMilian Park near Lakeshore Road and Cawthra Road. The community of Cooksville is located on the west bank of the creek near Hurontario Street and Dundas Street East. The creek is surrounded mostly by residential homes and a few parks:
The drainage basin runs for 16km (10miles), is about 2km (01miles) wide, has a total area of 33.9km2,[2] and takes excess water from sanitary and storm sewers.[3] 94% of the drainage basin is built over, and only 6% is open space.