Lynde Creek | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Lynde Creek in southern Ontario |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Central Ontario |
Subdivision Type4: | Regional Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Durham |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipalities |
Source1: | Chalk Lake |
Source1 Location: | Scugog |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.0217°N -79.0381°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 287m (942feet) |
Mouth: | Lake Ontario |
Mouth Location: | Whitby |
Mouth Coordinates: | 43.8453°N -78.9525°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 74m (243feet) |
River System: | Great Lakes Basin |
Basin Size: | 132.19km2 |
Lynde Creek is a stream in the municipalities of Whitby and Scugog, Regional Municipality of Durham, in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the Great Lakes Basin, is a tributary of Lake Ontario, and is under the auspices of the Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority.[2] The creek begins on the Oak Ridges Moraine in geographic Reach Township[3] in the municipality of Scugog, and flows south to its mouth in the southwest of the town of Whitby. Portions of the 132.192NaN2 watershed[4] also extend into the town of Ajax, the city of Pickering and the municipality of Uxbridge.