Salem Creek | |
Name Etymology: | from the community of Salem |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of the creek in southern Ontario |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Northumberland |
Subdivision Type4: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name4: | Cramahe |
Length: | 4km (02miles) |
Source1: | Unnamed point |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.0319°N -77.8425°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 140m (460feet)[1] |
Mouth: | Lake Ontario |
Mouth Coordinates: | 44°N -77.8317°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 74.1m (243.1feet)[2] |
River System: | Lake Ontario drainage basin |
Salem Creek is a stream in the municipal township of Cramahe, Northhumberland County in Central Ontario, Canada.[3] [4] [5] It is a tributary of Lake Ontario. The creek takes its name from the community of Salem which it flows past.
Salem Creek begins at an unnamed point at an elevation of and flows south, past Salem Hill[6] and the community of Salem. It heads under County Road 2 (formerly Ontario Highway 2), under the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway mainlines, and reaches its mouth at Lake Ontario at an elevation of .