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Check Your Watershed Day Watersheds
Saturday July 18, 2009
Uxbridge Brook
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Conservation Authority: Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority
Community Partner: Uxbridge Watershed Advisory Committee
Lower Meeting Room, Uxbridge Public Library 9 Toronto Street South, Uxbridge, ON, L9P 1P7
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The Uxbridge Brook Watershed has
a total watershed area of 178 km2 upstream of its outlet into
Pefferlaw Brook. As it flows north from the Oak Ridges Moraine, the Brook
crosses four municipal boundaries, with the majority of its length within the
Regional Municipality of Durham in the Township
of Uxbridge, and smaller portions
within the Townships of Scugog and Brock and in the Regional Municipality of
York in the Town of Georgina.
The underlying aquifers represent a regionally significant groundwater
resource, and the headwaters of the Brook support an important coldwater
fishery identified by the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) and the LSRCA.
Nonquon River
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Conservation Authority: Kawartha Conservation
Greenbank Community Hall
19965 Highway #12, Greenbank, ON
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At a headwaters elevation
approaching 305 metres above sea level, the Nonquon River flows north from its
origin in the Oak Ridges Moraine to west of Port Perry where it eventually
receives waters from the Layton River and drains into Lake Scugog . The
watershed drains an area of 187.7 km2 and is the largest tributary
of the lake. It is located within the Township
of Scugog, the Township
of Brock and City of Kawartha Lakes. The Nonquon River
provides both warmwater and coldwater habitat for at least 32 fish species and
is especially known for supporting walleye and muskellunge spawning habitat.
Wilmot Creek, Graham Creek and West Lake Ontario Tributaries
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Conservation Authority: Ganaraska Region Conservation Authority
Ganaraska Forest Centre 10585 Cold Springs Camp Road, Campbellcroft, ON
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The Wilmot Creek watershed, Graham Creek
watershed and small tributaries flowing to Lake
Ontario are located on the north
central shore of Lake
Ontario. They cover
portions of the Municipality of Clarington within the Regional Municipality of Durham
and the Municipality of Port Hope within Northumberland County.
The Wilmot Creek and Graham
Creek watersheds
originate from the Oak Ridges Moraine whereas the smaller watersheds originate
on the Lake Iroquois Plain. Wilmot Creek is the largest of these three
watersheds at 97 km2. Graham creek is at 78.7 km2. In
2009 watershed planning is occurring in order to create individual watersheds
plans that will direct management efforts in preserving these valuable
watersheds and their resources.
Cold Creek
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Conservation Authority: Lower Trent Conservation
Goodrich-Loomis Conservation Area 1331 Pinewood School Road (North of Brighton off Highway 30)
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Cold Creek originates on the
eastern end of the Oak Ridges Moraine and flows east towards its’ outlet at the
Trent River. The Cold Creek subwatershed
encompasses an area of 261km2 and covers portions of the Township of Alnwick/Haldimand,
the Township of Cramahe,
the Municipality of Brighton and the City of QuinteWest. Cold Creek is the largest cold
water fishery in the Lower Trent Watershed and supports a variety of species
including Blanding’s Turtle, Eastern Ribbon Snake and Butternut which are all
Species at Risk.
16 Mile Creek
Saturday, July 18, 2009 Conservation Authority: Conservation Halton
Kelso Conservation Area, Pavilion #9 412 Kelso Road, Milton, ON
Click here for more information about Kelso Conservation Area (including directions and maps).
Covering 357km2 of
land, the Sixteen Mile Creek watershed incorporates portions of Milton, Halton Hills, Oakville
and Mississauga. The
Niagara Escarpment crosses the northwest region of the watershed and Sixteen
Mile Creek drains into Lake Ontario at the Town of Oakville. Three reservoirs are located
within the watershed. These are used for flood control, low flow
augmentation and recreation.
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