Little Merrill Lake is a

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in the Moira River and

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s in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County in

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. The lake is about long and wide and lies at an elevation of about northeast of the community of Gunter and northwest of the community of Cloyne. The primary inflow is Merrill Creek from Merrill Lake at the north, and there are three unnamed creek secondary inflows: one at the northeast, one at the east from Little Mink Lake, and one at the southeast. Merrill Creek is also the primary outflow, at the southwest, towards Whitefish Lake. Merrill Creek flows via Partridge Creek, the Skootamatta River and the Moira River into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at Belleville.

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* * Lakes of Lennox and Addington County {{EasternOntario-geo-stub

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