Millhaven Creek Explained

Millhaven Creek
Name Other:French: ruisseau Millhaven
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of the creek in Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Alt:Map of Southern Ontario with a dot at the location of the mouth of Millhaven Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ontario
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Type4:Municipalities
Length:56.6km (35.2miles)[1]
Source1:Sydenham Lake
Source1 Location:South Frontenac
Source1 Coordinates:44.2783°N -81.1011°W
Source1 Elevation:130m (430feet)[2]
Mouth:Lake Ontario
Mouth Location:Loyalist
Mouth Coordinates:44.1936°N -76.7403°W
Mouth Elevation:74.1m (243.1feet)[3]
River System:Lake Ontario drainage basin
Basin Size:179km2
Waterbodies:Odessa Lake

Millhaven Creek (French: ruisseau Millhaven) is a stream in the municipalities of Loyalist, Lennox and Addington County, and South Frontenac, Frontenac County, and the single-tier municipality of Kingston in eastern Ontario, Canada.[4] [5] [6] It is a tributary of Lake Ontario and is under the auspices of the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority.[7]

Course

Millhaven Creek begins at the outflow over the Sydenham Lake Dam[8] from Sydenham Lake at the community of Sydenham in South Frontenac at an elevation of and heads southwest, reaching Peters Lake. It leaves the lake at the southwest continuing to head southwest, flows under Frontenac County Road 38 at the community of Murvale (where the sign on the road reads "Murvale Creek"), enters the northwest corner of Kingston, and reaches the northeast end of Odessa Lake. The creek enters Loyalist at the lake, leaving that lake at the southwest end and continuing southwest. It flows under Ontario Highway 401 at the community of Odessa, passes over Millhaven Dam, continues southwest through the communities of Asselstine and Link's Corners, then turns abruptly southeast then south, passes under Ontario Highway 33 at the community of Millhaven and reaches Lake Ontario at an elevation of .

Recreation

The Purdy water access point, for launching canoes and other small craft, is located on the creek at Murvale.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ontario Flow Assessment Tool. Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2021-01-07.
  2. Web site: Google Earth. 2021-01-06.
  3. Inferred from Lake Ontario. Retrieved 2021-01-06.
  4. Web site: Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search). Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. 2021-01-06.
  5. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5. 2006. Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2021-01-06.
  6. Map 6. PDF. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 1 : 700,000. 2020-01-01. 2021-01-06.
  7. Web site: Watersheds. 2013. Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority. 2021-01-06.
  8. Web site: Water Control Structures. 2017. Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority. 2021-01-06.
  9. Web site: Boat Ramps and Water Access Points. Catarqui Region Conservation Authority. 2021-01-06.