The Fall River is a river in
Frontenac and
Lanark Counties in
Eastern Ontario, Canada.
It is part of the
Ottawa River
The Ottawa River (french: Rivière des Outaouais, Algonquin: ''Kichi-Sìbì/Kitchissippi'') is a river in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. It is named after the Algonquin word 'to trade', as it was the major trade route of Eastern ...
drainage basin
A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...
, and flows from
Sharbot Lake
Sharbot Lake is a suburban community and unincorporated area in the municipality of Central Frontenac, Frontenac County in Eastern Ontario, Canada. Named after the Sharbot family, who were local residents, it appeared in Lovell's Gazetteer in 187 ...
and through
Bennett Lake
Bennett Lake is a lake in the Province of British Columbia and Yukon Territory in northwestern Canada, at an elevation of 2602 ft. (642 m.) . It is just north of the border with the United States state of Alaska, near the Alaskan port of Skagw ...
to join the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it f ...
. The river is named after settlers of the late 17th century.
Course
The Fall River is fed from Sharbot Lake in
Central Frontenac
Central Frontenac is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada in the County of Frontenac.
Central Frontenac was created in 1998 through an amalgamation of the Townships of Hinchinbrooke, Kennebec, Olden and Oso.
Communities
There are 28 communiti ...
,
Frontenac County and numerous springs, and it meanders along the
Trans Canada Trail. It passes into
Tay Valley
Tay Valley is a township in eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Tay River in the southwest corner of Lanark County, adjacent to the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville and Frontenac County. The township administrative offices are located in Glen ...
,
Lanark County
Lanark County is a county located in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its county seat is Perth, which was first settled in 1816.Brown, Howard Morton, 1984. Lanark Legacy, Nineteenth Century Glimpses of on Ontario County. Corporation of the Cou ...
and flows through the community of Maberly; fills the 20 km of Bennett Lake; flows by the community of Fallbrook; and about from its origin, reaches its mouth at the Mississippi River.
Ecology
The river is bordered by forest and is home to fish, turtles, Blue Herons, beaver and otters
Tributaries
*Bolton Creek
*Silver Lake Creek
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
...
References
Sources
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External links
Mississippi Valley Conservation
Rivers of Frontenac County
Rivers of Lanark County
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