Buttermilk Creek (Lambton County)

Buttermilk Creek
River
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Southwestern Ontario
County Lambton
Town Petrolia
Part of Great Lakes Basin
Source Field
 - elevation 203 m (666 ft)
 - coordinates 42°54′09″N 82°09′04″W / 42.90250°N 82.15111°W / 42.90250; -82.15111
Mouth Stonehouse Drain
 - elevation 197 m (646 ft)
 - coordinates 42°52′33″N 82°10′56″W / 42.87583°N 82.18222°W / 42.87583; -82.18222Coordinates: 42°52′33″N 82°10′56″W / 42.87583°N 82.18222°W / 42.87583; -82.18222
Length 5 km (3 mi)
Location of the mouth of Buttermilk Creek in southern Ontario

Buttermilk Creek is a creek in the town of Petrolia, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada.

Course

Buttermilk Creek begins in a field north of Petrolia and travels 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) through the northwest of the town before reaching its mouth at the Stonehouse Drain in Lorne C Henderson Conservation Area. The Stonehouse Drain flows via Bear Creek and the North Sydenham and Sydenham Rivers into Lake St. Clair.

Buttermilk Creek is part of the St. Clair Region Conservation Authority's Lower Bear Watershed.[1]

See also

References

  1. "Lower Bear Creek Watershed Report Card" (PDF). St. Clair Region Conservation Authority. Retrieved 2010-07-13.


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