Little Skootamatta Creek

Little Skootamatta Creek
River
Name origin: From the Ojibwa "burnt shoreline"
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Regions Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario
Counties Hastings, Lennox and Addington
Part of Great Lakes Basin
Source Unnamed lake
 - location Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County
 - elevation 224 m (735 ft)
 - coordinates 44°40′43″N 77°07′44″W / 44.67861°N 77.12889°W / 44.67861; -77.12889
Mouth Skootamatta River
 - location Tweed, Hastings County
 - elevation 179 m (587 ft)
 - coordinates 44°34′28″N 77°14′26″W / 44.57444°N 77.24056°W / 44.57444; -77.24056Coordinates: 44°34′28″N 77°14′26″W / 44.57444°N 77.24056°W / 44.57444; -77.24056
Length 22 km (14 mi)
Location of the mouth of Little Skootamatta Creek in southern Ontario.

Little Skootamatta Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties in Ontario, Canada. The river's name is thought to come from Ojibwa words meaning "burnt shoreline".

Course

The creek begins at an unnamed lake about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northeast of the community of Kaladar in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County at an elevation of 224 metres (735 ft). It flows southwest and flows under Ontario Highway 41, passing through several unnamed lakes and taking in several unnamed tributaries, including one from the right from Jacksons Lake. From that point, Ontario Highway 7 runs parallel to the creek. The creek continues southwest, is crossed by a Hydro One transmission line, and passes into Tweed, Hastings County. It reaches its mouth at the Skootamatta River, at an elevation of 179 metres (587 ft), about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of the community of Actinolite. The Skootamatta River flows via the Moira River into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at Belleville.

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