Conestogo River

Not to be confused with Conestoga River.

The Conestogo River is a river in Waterloo Region and Wellington County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.^[1] The river was named by Mennonite settlers after the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania. In the 1800s there were several different spellings of the name of the river and of the nearby settlement of Conestogo, Ontario but the name ending in "o" became official.^[2]

Conestogo River
Conestogo River in Mapleton, Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Southwestern Ontario
Regional municipality/County	Waterloo Region Wellington County
Physical characteristics
Source	field
• location	Wellington North, Wellington County
• coordinates	43°57′28″N 80°30′15″W
• elevation	492 m (1,614 ft)
Mouth	Grand River
• location	Woolwich, Waterloo Region
• elevation	311 m (1,020 ft)
Basin features
River system	Lake Erie Basin

It is in the Lake Erie Basin and joins the Grand River as a right tributary at the community of Conestogo.

A dam built on the river for flood control formed Conestogo Lake, which covers an area of about 23 square kilometres (8.9 sq mi). A conservation area operated by the Grand River Conservation Authority is located on this lake.

Natural history

Fish species in the river include brown trout, pike, smallmouth bass, perch, walleye and carp.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario