Lynde Creek Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Lynde Creek. FCCGX. 2015-12-05.
  2. Web site: Lynde Creek Watershed Plan. PDF. May 2012. Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority. 2015-12-05.
  3. Web site: Township of Reach. JPG. 1880 Map of Ontario Counties - The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project. McGill University. 2015-12-05.
  4. Web site: Land & Water Conservation. Central Lake Ontario Conservation Authority. 2015-12-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20151208153353/http://cloca.ca/lwc/streams_index.php#watershed. 2015-12-08. dead.