Chrysal Creek
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Chrysal Creek is a creek
in the Moira River
and Lake Ontario
drainage basins
in Belleville
and Quinte West
, Hastings County
, Ontario
, Canada
.
. The creek turns east back under Highway 14, continues east, flowing under Ontario Highway 62
about 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) south of the community of Halloway, and passes into Belleville. It continues east and splits into two branches at the point where a Hydro One
transmission line crosses. The northern branch takes in the left tributary Number Ten Creek
at an elevation of 104 metres (341 ft), then the two combine once again shortly before the creek reaches its mouth at the Moira River at an elevation of 103 metres (338 ft), about 1.1 kilometre (0.683510010314787 mi) west of the community of Thrasher's Corners on Ontario Highway 37
. The Moira flows into the Bay of Quinte
in downtown Belleville.
Stream
A stream is a body of water with a current, confined within a bed and stream banks. Depending on its locale or certain characteristics, a stream may be referred to as a branch, brook, beck, burn, creek, "crick", gill , kill, lick, rill, river, syke, bayou, rivulet, streamage, wash, run or...
in the Moira River
Moira River
The Moira River is a river in Hastings County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It travels from its source in the centre of the county to the county seat Belleville and is named after Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Earl of Moira.-Course:...
and Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and on the south by the American state of New York. Ontario, Canada's most populous province, was named for the lake. In the Wyandot language, ontarío means...
drainage basins
Drainage basin
A drainage basin is an extent or an area of land where surface water from rain and melting snow or ice converges to a single point, usually the exit of the basin, where the waters join another waterbody, such as a river, lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, sea, or ocean...
in Belleville
Belleville, Ontario
Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County, but is politically independent of it. and the centre of the Bay of Quinte Region...
and Quinte West
Quinte West, Ontario
Quinte West is a city, formerly part of Hastings County, but now a Separated municipality in Southern Ontario, Canada, . It is located on the western end of the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario...
, Hastings County
Hastings County, Ontario
Hastings County is located in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is The Cheese Capital of Canada. Geographically, it is located on the border of Eastern Ontario and Central Ontario. The population was 125,915 in 2001 and grew to 130,474 in the 2006 Canada Census...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
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.
Course
Chrysal Creek begins at an unnamed slope at an elevation of 176 metres (577 ft), about 1.1 kilometre (0.683510010314787 mi) southeast of the community of Oak Lake. It flows south and is crossed by the former Ontario Highway 14Highway 14 (Ontario)
King's Highway 14, commonly referred to as Highway 14, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. At its peak length, the route connected Highway 33 in Bloomfield with Highway 7 in Marmora...
. The creek turns east back under Highway 14, continues east, flowing under Ontario Highway 62
Highway 62 (Ontario)
King's Highway 62, commonly referred to as Highway 62, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The highway travels south-north from Highway 33 at Bloomfield in Prince Edward County, through Belleville, Madoc and Bancroft, to Maynooth, where it ends at a...
about 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) south of the community of Halloway, and passes into Belleville. It continues east and splits into two branches at the point where a Hydro One
Hydro One
Hydro One Incorporated delivers electricity across the Canadian province of Ontario. It is a Corporation established under the Business Corporations Act with a single shareholder, the Government of Ontario....
transmission line crosses. The northern branch takes in the left tributary Number Ten Creek
Number Ten Creek
Number Ten Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.-Course:Number Ten Creek begins in an unnamed field at an elevation of about southeast of the community of Moira. It flows west into an unnamed pond where it takes in an...
at an elevation of 104 metres (341 ft), then the two combine once again shortly before the creek reaches its mouth at the Moira River at an elevation of 103 metres (338 ft), about 1.1 kilometre (0.683510010314787 mi) west of the community of Thrasher's Corners on Ontario Highway 37
Highway 37 (Ontario)
King's Highway 37, commonly referred to as Highway 37, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. Its northern terminus is at Highway 7 in Actinolite , and its southern terminus was formerly at Highway 62 in Belleville; however, in 1998 the terminus was...
. The Moira flows into the Bay of Quinte
Bay of Quinte
The Bay of Quinte is a long, narrow bay shaped like the letter "Z" on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is just west of the head of the Saint Lawrence River that drains the Great Lakes into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
in downtown Belleville.