Rainy Creek (Lennox and Addington County)

Rainy Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.

Rainy Creek
Location of the mouth of Rainy Creek in southern Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Eastern Ontario
County	Lennox and Addington
Municipality	Addington Highlands
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed marsh
• coordinates	44°53′20″N 77°23′34″W
• elevation	349 m (1,145 ft)
Mouth	Skootamatta River
• coordinates	44°54′07″N 77°17′24″W
• elevation	315 m (1,033 ft)
Length	9.5 km (5.9 mi)
Basin features
River system	Great Lakes Basin

Course

Rainy Creek begins in an unnamed marsh at an elevation of 349 metres (1,145 ft), 1.2 kilometres (0.7 mi) north of Grimsthorpe Lake on the sister tributary of the Skootamatta River, Partridge Creek. It flows south, then turns east for the rest of its run. The creek reaches Rainy Lake at an elevation of 325 metres (1,066 ft), and enters Bon Echo Provincial Park. The creek then reaches its mouth at the Skootamatta River at an elevation of 315 metres (1,033 ft), between Joeperry Lake and Pearson Lake and about 12.5 kilometres (7.8 mi) northwest of the community of Cloyne.

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario

References

• "Rainy Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2010-03-06.
• "Toporama - Topographic Map Sheet 31C14". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2010-03-06.