Clare River (Ontario)

For the river in Ireland, see River Clare.

Coordinates: 44°28′58″N 77°16′31″W / 44.48278°N 77.27528°W / 44.48278; -77.27528

Clare River
River
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Counties	Hastings, Lennox and Addington
Tributaries
- left	Otter Creek
- right	Goose Creek
Source	Unnamed confluence
- location	Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County
- elevation	189 m (620 ft)
- coordinates	44°35′38″N 77°01′58″W / 44.59389°N 77.03278°W / 44.59389; -77.03278
Mouth	Stoco Lake
- location	Tweed, Hastings County
- elevation	138 m (453 ft)
- coordinates	44°28′58″N 77°16′31″W / 44.48278°N 77.27528°W / 44.48278; -77.27528

The Clare River is a river that is part of the Moira River system in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties, Ontario, Canada.

Course

The Clare River begins at the junction of several unnamed creeks in the township of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County at an elevation of 189 metres (620 ft). It flows southwest into Calpin Lake at an elevation of 171 metres (561 ft) at the community of McGuire Settlement, then continues southwest under Highway 41. It then turns west and passes into the municipality of Tweed, Hastings County. It takes in the left tributary Goose Creek and right tributary Otter Creek, flows past the settlement of Bogart, and empties into the east side of Stoco Lake on the Moira River at an elevation of 138 metres (453 ft). The Moira River flows into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at Belleville.

References

• "Clare River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search/unique_e.php?id=FARBO&output=xml. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
• "Toporama - Topographic Map Sheets 31C6, 31C11". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
• "Quinte Conservation Watersheds" (PDF). Quinte Conservation. 2007. http://quinteconservation.ca/web/images/stories/protecting_our_watersheds/images/qc_watershed.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-03. 
• "Moira River Watershed" (PDF). Quinte Conservation. http://quinteconservation.ca/web/images/stories/protecting_our_watersheds/images/mrca_watershed_map.pdf. Retrieved 2010-03-03.