The Sauble River is a river in

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and

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that flows from its headwaters in the township of Chatsworth to

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at the community of

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Etymology

The river was originally called ''Rivière aux Saubles'', or "sandy river", by the

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. It was named the River aux Saubles on maps until 1881, when it became the Sauble River. When first settled, the area included a sawmill and later, a hydro electric plant.

Course

The Sauble River begins at an unnamed pond in the township of Chatsworth in Grey County, between the communities of Desboro to the north and Mooresburg to the south. It heads north then west, takes in the left tributary Grimston Creek and right tributary Keady Creek, passes along the border to the municipality of

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in Bruce County near the community of Grimston, before entering that municipality and reaching the community of Tara, where it takes in the left tributary Tara Creek. The river continues north, takes in the left tributary Arkwright Creek, passes through the community of Allenford, and reaches the municipality of

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. It then heads northeast, takes in the right tributary Park Head Creek, and turns west west of the community of Hepworth. The river takes in the right tributaries Spring Creek and Rankin River, passes over the Sauble Falls, and reaches Lake Huron at Sauble Beach.

Natural history

Sauble Falls Provincial Park Sauble Falls Provincial Park is located in the town of South Bruce Peninsula, Bruce County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, west of Owen Sound. It is in the lower drainage basin of the Sauble River, which flows into Lake Huron. The campground c ...

is located at the eponymous waterfalls. The river hosts fish species such as brown trout, chinook salmon, coho salmon, largemouth bass, northern pike, panfish, rainbow trout and walleye. The south (upper) Sauble River drainage basin has fair (15 to 20%)

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and poor (12.5 to 25%)

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forest cover, fair water quality and good

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species; the north (lower) drainage basin has excellent (greater than 35%) forest cover and fair (25% to 50%) riparian zone forest cover, excellent water chemistry and good benthic species.

Tributaries

*Rankin River (right) *Spring Creek (right) *Park Head Creek (right) *Arkwright Creek (left) *Tara Creek (left) *Keady Creek (right) *Grimston Creek (left)

Communities

*Sauble Beach *Allenford *Tara *Grimston

References

Sources

* * Shows the river course. * {{refend

External links

Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
Rivers of Grey County Rivers of Bruce County Tributaries of Lake Huron