Black Creek (Big Rideau Lake)

Black Creek
Location of the mouth of Black Creek in southern Ontario
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionEastern Ontario
Counties
Municipalities
Physical characteristics
SourceUnnamed lake
  locationRideau Lakes
  coordinates44°44′52″N 76°20′49″W / 44.74778°N 76.34694°W / 44.74778; -76.34694
  elevation147 m (482 ft)
MouthBig Rideau Lake
  location
Tay Valley
  coordinates
44°46′19″N 76°14′02″W / 44.77194°N 76.23389°W / 44.77194; -76.23389
  elevation
123.1 m (404 ft)
Basin size94 km2 (36 sq mi)
Basin features
River systemSaint Lawrence River drainage basin

Black Creek is a stream in the municipalities of Tay Valley, Lanark County and Rideau Lakes, United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It flows from an unnamed lake in Rideau Lakes to the west shore of Big Rideau Lake in Tay Valley. Big Rideau Lake, on the Rideau Canal, flows via the Rideau River and Ottawa River to the Saint Lawrence River. The stream has a drainage basin of 94 square kilometres (36 sq mi).