Bear Brook (french: ruisseau Bear) is a small
stream
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in the municipalities of
Clarence-Rockland
Clarence-Rockland is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the United Counties of Prescott and Russell on the Ottawa River. Clarence-Rockland is located immediately to the east of Ottawa and is considered part of the Prescott and Russell County.
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and
The Nation
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,
United Counties of Prescott and Russell
The United Counties of Prescott and Russell (french: Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell) are consolidated counties located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its county seat is L'Orignal. It was created as a result of a merger between Russ ...
, and the city of
Ottawa
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in eastern
Ontario
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, Canada. It forms in the fields and forests just north of
Edwards Edwards may refer to:
People
* Edwards (surname)
* Edwards family, a prominent family from Chile
* Edwards Barham (1937-2014), a former member of the Louisiana State Senate
* Edwards Pierrepont (1817–1892), an American attorney, jurist, and ora ...
, and flows in a mostly eastern direction to its mouth as a left tributary of the
South Nation River
The South Nation River is a river in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It springs from forests and marshes located north of Brockville and it flows northeast to empty into the Ottawa River north of Plantagenet. Shows the river's course highlighted on a t ...
.
Communities along the brook include Edwards,
Carlsbad Springs
Carlsbad Springs is a rural community on Bear Brook in Cumberland Ward in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Prior to amalgamation in 2001, the community was on the border between Gloucester and Cumberland. According to the Canada 2011 Census, the po ...
,
Bearbrook,
Cheney, and
Bourget.
History
In the mid 19th century, the Bear Brook was used by loggers for
floating timber to sawmills, a few of which operated in Carlsbad Springs from 1854 to 1905. It was also used by settlers for transportation to their
homestead
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s. However the brook was too small and dry in the summer, and its use for transportation was quickly discontinued upon completion of
Russell Road. All the surrounding mature forests have been logged, and consequently the brook drains faster.
[Gloucester Historical Society]
See also
*
List of rivers of Ontario
This is the list of rivers which are in and flow through Ontario. The watershed list includes tributaries as well.
Dee River, flows between Three Mile Lake and Lake Rosseau.
List of rivers arranged by watershed Hudson Bay
Atlantic Ocean
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References
External links
* {{Cite book, last= Serré, first= Robert, title= Glimpses of Cumberland Township: for the honour of our ancestors, date= 2016, location= Burnstown, Ontario, publisher= Burnstown Publishing House, isbn= 9781772570663, oclc= 973784683
Cumberland Township Historical Society
Rivers of Ottawa