Merrill Creek is a
creek
A creek in North America and elsewhere, such as Australia, is a stream that is usually smaller than a river. In the British Isles it is a small tidal inlet.
Creek may also refer to:
People
* Creek people, also known as Muscogee, Native Americans
...
in the
Moira River and
Lake Ontario
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drainage basin
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s in
Hastings
Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England,
east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...
and
Lennox and Addington Counties,
Ontario
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,
Canada
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.
Course
Merrill Creek begins at an unnamed lake in
Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County at an elevation of and flows east and then south, through
Todd Lakes, to reach
Merrill Lake at an elevation of . It heads south into
Little Merrill Lake, then southwest to
Whitefish Lake. Leaving the lake, the creek passes into the Cashel portion of
Tudor and Cashel
Tudor and Cashel is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Hastings County.
The township consists of two non-contiguous portions, separated by Limerick township and the northernmost portion of Tweed.The municipality is mostly ...
, Hastings County, then
Tweed, Hastings County, and flows southwest to reach its mouth at
Partridge Creek at an elevation of . Partridge Creek flows via the
Skootamatta River and Moira River to the
Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at
Belleville.
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
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References
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Rivers of Hastings County
Rivers of Lennox and Addington County
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