Indian River (Lanark County)

Indian River
River
Indian River at the Mill of Kintail Conservation Area
Country Canada
Province Ontario
Region Eastern Ontario
County Lanark
Municipalities Mississippi Mills, Lanark Highlands
Part of Saint Lawrence River drainage basin
Tributaries
 - right Union Hall Creek
Source Unnamed lake
 - location Lavant Township, Lanark Highlands
 - elevation 319 m (1,047 ft)
 - coordinates 45°10′32″N 76°37′07″W / 45.17556°N 76.61861°W / 45.17556; -76.61861
Mouth Mississippi River
 - location Ramsay Township, Mississippi Mills
 - elevation 94 m (308 ft)
 - coordinates 45°15′24″N 76°14′32″W / 45.25667°N 76.24222°W / 45.25667; -76.24222Coordinates: 45°15′24″N 76°14′32″W / 45.25667°N 76.24222°W / 45.25667; -76.24222
Location of the mouth of the river in southern Ontario

The Indian River is a river in Lanark County in Eastern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is in the Saint Lawrence River drainage basin and is a left tributary of the Mississippi River.

Course

The river begins at an unnamed lake in geographic Lavant Township in the municipality of Lanark Highlands.[2] It flows east into geographic Darling Township, under Lanark County Road 511 near the settlement of White, turns southeast, passes the settlement of Halls Mills on the border of geographic Lanark Township, and reaches Clayton Lake, where it takes in the outflow from Taylor Lake. The river passes into geographic Ramsay Township in the municipality of Mississippi Mills on the lake, and leaves over the Clayton Lake Dam at the settlement of Clayton. It heads northeast, takes in the right tributary Union Hall Creek, and passes through the Mill of Kintail Conservation Area, which has a former grist mill, and a former home of medical doctor, sculptor and Ramsay Township native R. Tait McKenzie.[3] The mill is home to a museum to Mackenzie and to another famous native of Ramsay Township, inventor of basketball James Naismith.[4] The river then reaches its mouth at the Mississippi River, 1.4 kilometres (0.9 mi) upstream of the settlement of Blakeney; the Mississippi flows via the Ottawa River to the Saint Lawerence River.

Tributaries

  • Union Hall Creek (right)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Indian River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  2. ↑ "Lavant" (PDF). Geology Ontario - Historic Claim Maps. Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  3. ↑ "Mill of Kintail Conservation Area". Mississippi Valley Conservation. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  4. ↑ "Naismith Museum". Retrieved 2012-01-23.

Other map sources:

  • Map 10 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2010-01-01. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  • Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  • "Lanark County". County of Lanark. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
  • "Map of Lanark County". 1880 Map of Ontario Counties - The Canadian County Atlas Digital Project. McGill University. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
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