Rainy Creek (Lennox and Addington County) explained

Rainy Creek
Pushpin Map:Canada Southern Ontario
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Rainy Creek in southern Ontario
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Canada
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Ontario
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Eastern Ontario
Subdivision Type4:County
Subdivision Name4:Lennox and Addington
Subdivision Type5:Municipality
Subdivision Name5:Addington Highlands
Length:9.5km (05.9miles)
Source1:Unnamed marsh
Source1 Coordinates:44.8889°N -77.3928°W
Source1 Elevation:349m (1,145feet)
Mouth:Skootamatta River
Mouth Coordinates:44.9019°N -77.29°W
Mouth Elevation:315m (1,033feet)
River System:Great Lakes Basin

Rainy Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.

Course

Rainy Creek begins in an unnamed marsh at an elevation of 349m (1,145feet), 1.2km (00.7miles) north of Grimsthorpe Lake on the sister tributary of the Skootamatta River, Partridge Creek. It flows south, then turns east for the rest of its run. The creek reaches Rainy Lake at an elevation of 325m (1,066feet), and enters Bon Echo Provincial Park. The creek then reaches its mouth at the Skootamatta River at an elevation of 315m (1,033feet), between Joeperry Lake and Pearson Lake and about 12.5km (07.8miles) northwest of the community of Cloyne.

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