Skootamatta River
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| Skootamatta River | |
|---|---|
Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County | |
| • coordinates | 44°48′07″N 77°13′21″W / 44.80194°N 77.22250°W |
| • elevation | 315 m (1,033 ft) |
| Mouth | Moira River |
• location | Tweed, Hastings County |
• coordinates | 44°31′09″N 77°20′23″W / 44.51917°N 77.33972°W |
• elevation | 152 m (499 ft) |
| Length | 74.1 km (46.0 mi) |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Great Lakes Basin |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Flinton Creek, Little Skootamatta Creek |
| • right | Rainy Creek, Killer Creek, Partridge Creek, Elzevir Creek |
The Skootamatta River is a river in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties in Ontario, Canada. It flows from Joeperry Lake to join the Moira River in Tweed. The river's name is thought to come from Ojibwa words meaning "burnt shoreline".
Course
The river begins at
Highway 37. It reaches its mouth at the Moira River, at an elevation of 152 metres (499 ft), which flows into the Bay of Quinte
on Lake Ontario.
History
Until 1908, the river was used to transport logs to
hydroelectric
station on the river near Slave Lake which generated power for a nearby gold mine.
Tributaries
- Elzevir Creek
- Little Skootamatta Creek (left)
- Flinton Creek (left)
- Partridge Creek (right)
- Skootamatta Lake
- Killer Creek
- Rainy Creek
Communities
Culture
The river is mentioned several times in Michael Ondaatje's novel The English Patient as a place where Hana, one of the novel's main characters, once lived. Name of a song sung by the Cobourg, Ontario band Summerhouse on their CD "Summerhouse... In Black"
See also
References
- "Skootamatta River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2010-03-01.
- "Toporama - Topographic Map Sheets 31C11, 31C14". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2010-03-01.