The Clare River is a river

River

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 that is part of 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:...

 system in the Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

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 drainage basin

Drainage basin

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 in Hastings

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...

 and Lennox and Addington

Lennox and Addington County, Ontario

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 Counties, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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Course

The Clare River begins at the junction of several unnamed creeks in the township of Stone Mills

Stone Mills, Ontario

Stone Mills is a township located east of Greater Napanee in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario. According to the 2006 Canadian Census, the township has a population of 7,568.-Communities:...

, Lennox and Addington County at an elevation of 189 metres (620 ft). It flows southwest into Calpin Lake at an elevation of 171 metres (561 ft) at the community of McGuire Settlement, then continues southwest under Highway 41

Highway 41 (Ontario)

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. It then turns west and passes into the municipality of Tweed

Tweed, Ontario

Tweed is a municipality and a village located in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, in Hastings County.The Municipality of Tweed is an amalgamated municipality comprising the former Village of Tweed and the former Townships of Hungerford and Elzevir & Grimsthorpe...

, Hastings County. It takes in the left tributary Goose Creek and right tributary Otter Creek

Otter Creek (Hastings County, Ontario)

Otter Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Tweed, Hastings County, Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County and Central Frontenac, Frontenac County in Ontario, Canada....

, flows past the settlement of Bogart

Bogart, Ontario

Bogart is a settlement in the municipality of Tweed, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada, about south of the community of Sulphide and east of the village of Tweed. The Clare River, a tributary of the Moira River, flows through the community.-References:...

, and empties into the east side of Stoco Lake

Stoco Lake

Stoco Lake is a lake in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in Tweed, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada.The lake is about long and wide, and lies at an elevation of . There are two named islands, Butternut Island and Grant Island, and one named bay, Cosy Cove at the northeast. The primary inflow is...

 on the Moira River at an elevation of 138 metres (453 ft). The Moira River flows into the Bay of Quinte

Bay of Quinte

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 on Lake Ontario at 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...

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