Twenty Mile Creek (Ontario)
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The Twenty Mile Creek is a minor waterway, located in the Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, Canada.[1] The creek is named for the location of its mouth, twenty miles (32 km) west of the Niagara River along the Lake Ontario shoreline. The Indigenous name for the Twenty Mile Creek was the Kenachdaw, which translates to Lead River.[2]
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Twenty Mile Creek | |
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Etymology | English: named for the location of its mouth, twenty miles west of the Niagara River |
Native name | Kenachdaw |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Region | Southern Ontario |
Regional Municipality | Niagara |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Headwaters south of the City of Hamilton, near Hamilton International Airport |
• coordinates | 43°11′7″N 79°54′34″W |
• elevation | 238 m (781 ft) |
Mouth | Lake Ontario |
• location | Jordan Harbor |
• coordinates | 43°09′28″N 79°22′19″W |
• elevation | 74 m (243 ft) |
Length | 79 km (49 mi) |
Basin size | 291 km2 (112 sq mi) |
Basin features | |
River system | Great Lakes Basin |
Tributaries | |
• left | Spring Creek, Black Creek, Sinkhole Creek, North Creek, Gavora Ditch |
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