The Indian River is a
river
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in
Peterborough County
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The southern section of the county is mix of agriculture, urban and lakefront properties. The northern section of th ...
in
Central
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Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
[ Shows the course of the river highlighted on a map.] It is in the
Great Lakes Basin
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, and is a tributary of
Rice Lake.
Course
The river begins at
Stony Lake in the municipality of
Douro-Dummer
Douro-Dummer is a township (Canada), township in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, in Peterborough County along the Trent-Severn Waterway. It was formed on January 1, 1998, through the amalgamation of Douro and Dummer Townships.
The township is t ...
.
It exits the lake at Gilchrist Bay (and the settlement of
Gilchrist Bay)) over Gilchrist Bay Dam and heads southwest. It flows through Tilley's Hole and through the Warsaw Caves Conservation Area, where a short portion of the watercourse flows underground. It passes the community of
Warsaw
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, and takes in the right tributary May's Creek. The river continues southwest into the municipality of
Otonabee – South Monaghan, and passes under the
Kawartha Lakes Railway and then under
Ontario Highway 7. The Indian River continues south, through the Hope Mill Conservation Area and Lang Pioneer Village at the community of
Lang, flows through the community of
Keene, and reaches its mouth at Rice Lake, which flows via the
Trent River to
Lake Ontario.
Watershed
The Indian River
drainage basin encompasses of land in two physiographic regions: the Peterborough Drumlin Field and Dummer Moraine.
Tributaries
*May's Creek (right)
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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Rivers of Peterborough County