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Percy Creek (Northumberland County)

Coordinates: 44°15′01″N 77°49′01″W / 44.25028°N 77.81694°W / 44.25028; -77.81694[1]
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Percy Creek
Percy Creek (Northumberland County) is located in Southern Ontario
Percy Creek (Northumberland County)
Location of the mouth of Percy Creek in southern Ontario
EtymologyNamed after Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionCentral Ontario
CountyNorthumberland
Municipalities
Physical characteristics
SourceUnnamed marsh
 • locationAlnwick/Haldimand
 • coordinates44°10′30″N 78°03′26″W / 44.17495257031138°N 78.05734823780516°W / 44.17495257031138; -78.05734823780516
 • elevation255 m (837 ft)
MouthTrent River
 • location
Trent Hills
 • coordinates
44°15′01″N 77°49′01″W / 44.25028°N 77.81694°W / 44.25028; -77.81694[1]
 • elevation
116 m (381 ft)
Basin features
River systemGreat Lakes Basin
Tributaries 
 • rightBurnley Creek

Percy Creek is a stream in the municipalities of Trent Hills and Alnwick/Haldimand, Northumberland County, in Central Ontario, Canada. It is in the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the Trent River.[1][2][3][4] Percy Creek is named after Elizabeth Percy, Duchess of Northumberland.

Course

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Percy Creek begins at an unnamed marsh, about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) south of the community of Roseneath, in geographic Alnwick Township in the municipality of Alnwick/Haldimand. It flows northeast through several portions of the lands of the Alderville First Nation, passes into geographic Percy Township in the municipality of Trent Hills, and reaches its northernmost point north of the community of Brickley. It then heads south, flowing through Dartford Pond and over its impounding dam (with a fish ladder), then under the bridge for County Road 24 at the community of Dartford, then turns east. Percy Creek passes under County Road 25, over a small dam, takes in the right tributary Burnley Creek, turns north, heads into geographic Seymour Township, passes under County Road 30, and reaches its mouth at the Trent River at the community of Meyersburg.[2] The Trent River flows to the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Percy Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  2. ^ a b "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  3. ^ Map 6 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2018-06-15.
  4. ^ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Retrieved 2018-06-15.

See also

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