Sixteenmile Creek (Ontario)

For other places with the same name, see Sixteenmile Creek.

Sixteenmile Creek
River
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Southwestern Ontario
County	Elgin
Municipality	West Elgin

Part of	Great Lakes Basin


Source	field
- elevation	215 m (705 ft)
- coordinates	42°35′14″N 81°41′05″W / 42.58722°N 81.68472°W / 42.58722; -81.68472
Mouth	Lake Erie
- elevation	173 m (568 ft)
- coordinates	42°30′22″N 81°36′46″W / 42.50611°N 81.61278°W / 42.50611; -81.61278Coordinates: 42°30′22″N 81°36′46″W / 42.50611°N 81.61278°W / 42.50611; -81.61278

Location of the mouth of Sixteenmile Creek in southern Ontario

Sixteenmile Creek is a stream in the municipality of West Elgin, Elgin County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.^[1] It is part of the Great Lakes Basin, and flows from a point just south of Ontario Highway 401 east of exit 129 through the community of Rodney, past the community of New Glasgow, to its mouth at the community of Port Glasgow on Lake Erie.

References

Other map sources:

Map 1 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #6 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

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Islands	Detroit River Michigan (state) (in Lake Huron, part of Isle Royale National Park) Ontario

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