Little Skootamatta Creek Explained

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".

Course

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.

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