Indian River (Rice Lake)

Indian River
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Central Ontario
County Peterborough
Municipalities Otonabee – South Monaghan, Douro-Dummer
Part of Great Lakes Basin
Tributaries
 - right May's Creek
Source Stony Lake
 - location Douro-Dummer
 - elevation 234 m (768 ft)
 - coordinates 44°32′28″N 78°05′43″W / 44.54111°N 78.09528°W / 44.54111; -78.09528
Mouth Rice Lake
 - location Otonabee – South Monaghan
 - elevation 187 m (614 ft)
 - coordinates 44°13′35″N 78°08′27″W / 44.22639°N 78.14083°W / 44.22639; -78.14083Coordinates: 44°13′35″N 78°08′27″W / 44.22639°N 78.14083°W / 44.22639; -78.14083
Length 43 km (27 mi)
Basin 210 km2 (81 sq mi)
Location of the mouth of the river in southern Ontario
For other places with the same name, see Indian River.

The Indian River is a river in Peterborough County in Central Ontario, Canada.[1][2] It is in the Great Lakes Basin, and is a tributary of Rice Lake.

Course

For a map showing the river course, see this reference.[2]

The river begins at Stony Lake in the municipality of Douro-Dummer. It exits the lake at Gilchrist Bay (and the settlement of Gilchrist Bay)) over Gilchrist Bay Dam and heads southwest. It flows through Tilley's Hole and through the Warsaw Caves Conservation Area,[3] where a short portion of the watercourse flows underground. It passes the community of Warsaw, and takes in the right tributary May's Creek. The river continues southwest into the municipality of Otonabee – South Monaghan, and passes under the Kawartha Lakes Railway and then under Ontario Highway 7. The Indian River continues south, through the Hope Mill Conservation Area[4] and Lang Pioneer Village[5] at the community of Lang, flows through the community of Keene, and reaches its mouth at Rice Lake, which flows via the Trent River to Lake Ontario.

Watershed

The Indian River drainage basin encompasses 210 square kilometres (81 sq mi) of land in two physiographic regions: the Peterborough Drumlin Field and Dummer Moraine.[6][7]

Tributaries

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Indian River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  2. 1 2 "Indian River". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2012-01-23. Shows the course of the river highlighted on a map.
  3. ↑ "Warsaw Caves Conservation Area and Campground". Otonabee Region Conservation Authority. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  4. ↑ "Hope Mill". Otonabee Region Conservation Authority. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  5. ↑ "Lang Pioneer Village". Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  6. ↑ "2.3 Otonabee-Peterborough Source Protection Area" (PDF). Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Region. June 2011. pp. 2–34 — 2–36. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  7. ↑ "Map 2.2: Otonabee-Peterborough Source Protection Area - Subwatershed Areas" (PDF). Trent Conservation Coalition Source Protection Region. June 2011. Retrieved 2012-01-23.

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