Clare River (Ontario)

For the river in Ireland, see River Clare.
Clare River
River
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Regions Central Ontario, Eastern Ontario
Counties Hastings, Lennox and Addington
Part of Great Lakes Basin
Tributaries
 - left Otter Creek
 - right Goose Creek
Source Unnamed confluence
 - location Stone Mills, Lennox and Addington County
 - elevation 189 m (620 ft)
 - coordinates 44°35′38″N 77°01′58″W / 44.59389°N 77.03278°W / 44.59389; -77.03278
Mouth Stoco Lake
 - location Tweed, Hastings County
 - elevation 138 m (453 ft)
 - coordinates 44°28′58″N 77°16′31″W / 44.48278°N 77.27528°W / 44.48278; -77.27528Coordinates: 44°28′58″N 77°16′31″W / 44.48278°N 77.27528°W / 44.48278; -77.27528
Location of the mouth of the Clare River in southern Ontario.

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.

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.

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