Little Skootamatta Creek | |
Name Etymology: | From the Ojibwa "burnt shoreline" |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Little Skootamatta Creek in southern Ontario |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | Regions |
Subdivision Type4: | Counties |
Length: | 22km (14miles) |
Source1: | Unnamed lake |
Source1 Location: | Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.6786°N -77.1289°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 224m (735feet) |
Mouth: | Skootamatta River |
Mouth Location: | Tweed, Hastings County |
Mouth Coordinates: | 44.5744°N -77.2406°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 179m (587feet) |
River System: | Great Lakes Basin |
Little Skootamatta Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties in Ontario, Canada. The river's name is thought to come from Ojibwa words meaning "burnt shoreline".
The creek begins at an unnamed lake about 3.5km (02.2miles) northeast of the community of Kaladar in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County at an elevation of 224m (735feet). It flows southwest and flows under Ontario Highway 41, passing through several unnamed lakes and taking in several unnamed tributaries, including one from the right from Jacksons Lake. From that point, Ontario Highway 7 runs parallel to the creek. The creek continues southwest, is crossed by a Hydro One transmission line, and passes into Tweed, Hastings County. It reaches its mouth at the Skootamatta River, at an elevation of 179m (587feet), about 7km (04miles) east of the community of Actinolite. The Skootamatta River flows via the Moira River into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at the location of Belleville.