Elzevir Creek | |
Pushpin Map: | Canada Southern Ontario |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Elzevir Creek in southern Ontario |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Ontario |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Central Ontario |
Subdivision Type4: | County |
Subdivision Name4: | Hastings |
Subdivision Type5: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name5: | Tweed |
Source1: | Unnamed lake |
Source1 Coordinates: | 44.7039°N -77.3483°W |
Source1 Elevation: | 257m (843feet) |
Mouth: | Skootamatta River |
Mouth Coordinates: | 44.5658°N -77.32°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 174m (571feet) |
River System: | Great Lakes Basin |
Elzevir Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Tweed, Hastings County in Central Ontario, Canada.
Elzevir Creek begins at an unnamed lake, about 10km (10miles) west of the community of Flinton, at an elevation of 257m (843feet). It flows southeast into Elzevir Lake, then follows a circuitous route to reach its mouth at the Skootamatta River, just north of Highway 7, at the community of Actinolite and at an elevation of 174m (571feet). The Skootamatta River flows via the Moira River into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at Belleville.