The Clyde River is a
river
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in
Lanark County
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in
Eastern
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Ontario
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, Canada.
It is in the
Saint Lawrence River
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drainage basin
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, is a left tributary of the
Mississippi River
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, and was named after the
River Clyde
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in
Scotland
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.
Course
The Clyde flows south from its source at the outflow from Clyde Lake in
geographic
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Lavant Township
in the municipality of
Lanark Highlands
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to the community of Clyde Forks, where it takes in the right tributaries Middle Branch Clyde River and South Branch Clyde River. To this point, the river is paralleled by the
K&P Rail Trail
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which follows the course of the former
Kingston and Pembroke Railway
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. The river then heads east, then southeast into geographic Darling Township
then geographic Lanark Township,
takes in the right tributary
Little Clyde River, and arrives at the community of
Lanark
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. The river continues south passing briefly through geographic Drummond Township
in the municipality of
Drummond/North Elmsley
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, then reaches its mouth at the Mississippi River in geographic Bathurst Township
in the municipality of
Tay Valley
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, north of the town of
Perth
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. The Mississippi River flows via the
Ottawa River
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to the Saint Lawrence River.
Tributaries
*Middleville Creek (left)
*Hopetown Creek (right)
*Bennys Creek (left)
*Little Clyde River (right)
*Eastons Creek (right)
*Black Creek (right)
*Edmunds Creek (left)
*Pilons Creek (left)
*Lavant Creek (right)
*McCreas Creek (left)
*La France Creek (right)
*South Branch Clyde River (right)
*Middle Branch Clyde Creek (right)
*Clyde Lake
**Baldwin Depot Creek
References
Sources
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See also
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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
...
Rivers of Lanark County
Tributaries of the Ottawa River