Port Granby Creek Explained

Port Granby Creek
Name Other:French: ruisseau Port Granby
Name Etymology:Named for Port Granby
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Port Granby Creek in southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Alt:Map of southern Ontario with a red dot at the mouth of Port Granby Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ontario
Subdivision Type3:Regional Municipality
Subdivision Name3:Durham
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Clarington
Source1:Confluence of two unnamed streams
Source1 Elevation:126[1]
Mouth:Lake Ontario
Mouth Location:Port Granby
Mouth Coordinates:43.9036°N -78.4592°W
Mouth Elevation:74.1m (243.1feet)[2]
River System:Lake Ontario drainage basin

Port Granby Creek (French: ruisseau Port Granby) is a stream in the municipality of Clarington, Regional Municipality of Durham in Ontario, Canada.[3] [4] [5] It feeds into Lake Ontario, which it reaches at the community of Port Granby, after which it is named.

Course

Port Granby Creek begins at the confluence of two unnamed streams at an elevation of [1] southeast of the community of Newtonville. It heads southwest, passes under Ontario Highway 401, and turns south. The creek flows under the Canadian Pacific Railway and Canadian National Railway main lines and reaches its mouth at Lake Ontario at the community of Port Granby. Lake Ontario flows via the Saint Lawrence River to the Gulf of Saint Lawrence.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Google Earth. 2021-02-18.
  2. Inferred from Lake Ontario. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  3. Web site: Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search). Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. 2021-02-18.
  4. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5. 2006. Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2021-02-18.
  5. Map 3. PDF. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 1 : 700,000. 2020-01-01. 2021-02-18.