Beaver Creek (York Region)

Beaver Creek is a river in the municipalities of Markham and Richmond Hill in the Regional Municipality of York, part of the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada.[1][2] It is part of the Great Lakes Basin and is a right tributary of the Rouge River.

Beaver Creek
Beaver Creek in Richmond Hill
Location of the mouth of Beaver Creek in Southern Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Greater Toronto Area
Regional municipality	York
Municipalities	Markham Richmond Hill
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Richmond Hill
• coordinates	43°52′45″N 79°24′31″W
• elevation	219 m (719 ft)
Mouth	Rouge River
• coordinates	43°50′50″N 79°20′05″W[1]
• elevation	175 m (574 ft)
Basin features
River system	Great Lakes Basin

Hydrology

The source of the creek is a basin formed at the outflow of a drainage culvert in Richmond Hill. The creek flows southeast through a residential area before crossing almost directly under the intersection of Leslie Street and 16th Avenue into the eponymous Beaver Creek industrial area in Markham. The creek continues southeast under Highway 404 and southwest of the intersection of Woodbine Avenue and Highway 7 at the community of Brown's Corners. It continues southeast to a point just north of Highway 407, before turning northeast to join the Rouge River, just southeast of the IBM Toronto Software Lab. The Rouge River flows to Lake Ontario.

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario

References

1. "Beaver Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
2. "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved July 3, 2018.