Elzevir Creek

Elzevir Creek
River
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Central Ontario
County Hastings
Municipality Tweed
Part of Great Lakes Basin
Source Unnamed lake
 - elevation 257 m (843 ft)
 - coordinates 44°42′14″N 77°20′54″W / 44.70389°N 77.34833°W / 44.70389; -77.34833
Mouth Skootamatta River
 - elevation 174 m (571 ft)
 - coordinates 44°33′57″N 77°19′12″W / 44.56583°N 77.32000°W / 44.56583; -77.32000Coordinates: 44°33′57″N 77°19′12″W / 44.56583°N 77.32000°W / 44.56583; -77.32000
Location of the mouth of Elzevir Creek in southern Ontario.

Elzevir Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Tweed, Hastings County in Central Ontario, Canada.

Course

Elzevir Creek begins at an unnamed lake, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of the community of Flinton, at an elevation of 257 metres (843 ft). 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 174 metres (571 ft). The Skootamatta River flows via the Moira River into the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at Belleville.

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