Sixteen Mile Creek (Niagara Region)

Sixteen Mile Creek is a stream in the municipalities of Lincoln, Pelham and West Lincoln, Regional Municipality of Niagara in Southern Ontario, Canada.[1] It is part of the Great Lakes Basin and flows from the top of the Niagara Escarpment to Sixteen Mile Pond on Lake Ontario. The stream falls within the remit of the Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority,[2] whose 2012 watershed report card gave the stream watershed grades of D for both water quality and forest cover.[2]

Sixteen Mile Creek
Location of the mouth of Sixteen Mile Creek in southern Ontario
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionSouthern Ontario
Regional MunicipalityNiagara
Municipalities
Physical characteristics
SourceField
 • locationWest Lincoln
 • coordinates43°03′41″N 79°31′26″W
 • elevation182 m (597 ft)
MouthSixteen Mile Creek Pond at Lake Ontario
 • location
Lincoln
 • coordinates
43°09′34″N 79°20′02″W
 • elevation
74 m (243 ft)
Basin features
River systemGreat Lakes Basin

References
  1. "Sixteen Mile Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
  2. "Lake Ontario South Shore" (PDF). 2012 Watershed Report Card. Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority. 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-18.

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