Beaver River (Lake Simcoe)

The Beaver River is a river in Durham Region in Central Ontario, Canada.^[1] It is part of the Great Lakes Basin, and is a tributary of Lake Simcoe. The river's drainage basin is mostly in Durham Region with the remaining portion in the city of Kawartha Lakes; the entire watershed is under the auspices of the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority.^[2]

Beaver River
Beaver River adjacent to the Trans Canada Trail in Scugog
Location of the mouth of the Beaver River in southern Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Central Ontario
Regional Municipality	Durham
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed pond
• location	Scugog
• coordinates	44°05′46″N 79°04′39″W
• elevation	303 m (994 ft)
Mouth	Lake Simcoe
• location	Brock
• coordinates	44°25′55″N 79°09′50″W
• elevation	219 m (719 ft)
Basin size	327.3 km2 (126.4 sq mi)
Discharge
• location	Beaverton, Ontario
• average	2.833 m3/s (100.0 cu ft/s)
Basin features
River system	Great Lakes Basin

Course

The river begins at an unnamed pond in Scugog on the Oak Ridges Moraine and heads north, passing briefly through Uxbridge before returning to Scugog. The river continues north and its valley becomes largely marshy, paralleled by the now defunct Toronto and Nipissing Railway line to Coboconk. The river passes under Ontario Highway 12/Ontario Highway 7 and enters Brock. At the community of Cannington, the river turns northwest and reaches its mouth at Lake Simcoe at the community of Beaverton.

Tributaries

• Vrooman Creek (left)

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario