Clare River (Ontario)

For the river in Ireland, see River Clare.

The Clare River is a river that is part of the Moira River system in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties, Ontario, Canada.

Clare River
Location of the mouth of the Clare River in southern Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario
Counties	Hastings Lennox and Addington
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed confluence
• location	Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County
• coordinates	44°35′38″N 77°01′58″W
• elevation	189 m (620 ft)
Mouth	Stoco Lake
• location	Tweed, Hastings County
• coordinates	44°28′58″N 77°16′31″W
• elevation	138 m (453 ft)
Basin features
River system	Great Lakes Basin
Tributaries
• left	Otter Creek
• right	Goose Creek

Course

The Clare River begins at the junction of several unnamed creeks in the township of Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County at an elevation of 189 metres (620 ft). It flows southwest into Calpin Lake at an elevation of 171 metres (561 ft) at the community of McGuire Settlement, then continues southwest under Highway 41. It then turns west and passes into the municipality of Tweed, Hastings County. It takes in the left tributary Goose Creek and right tributary Otter Creek, flows past the settlement of Bogart, and empties into the east side of Stoco Lake on the Moira River at an elevation of 138 metres (453 ft). The Moira River flows into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at Belleville.

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario

References

• "Clare River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
• "Toporama - Topographic Map Sheets 31C6, 31C11". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Archived from the original on 2010-08-31. Retrieved 2010-03-03.