Little Skootamatta Creek is a creek

Stream

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 in the Moira River

Moira River

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 and Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

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 drainage basins

Drainage basin

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 in Hastings

Hastings County, Ontario

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 and Lennox and Addington

Lennox and Addington County, Ontario

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 Counties in Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. The river's name is thought to come from Ojibwa

Ojibwe language

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 words meaning "burnt shoreline".

Course

The creek begins at an unnamed lake about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) northeast of the community of Kaladar

Kaladar, Ontario

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 in Addington Highlands

Addington Highlands, Ontario

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, Lennox and Addington County

Lennox and Addington County, Ontario

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 at an elevation of 224 metres (735 ft). It flows southwest and flows under Ontario Highway 41

Highway 41 (Ontario)

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, passing through several unnamed lakes and taking in several unnamed tributaries, including one from the right from Jacksons Lake

Jacksons Lake (Lennox and Addington County, Ontario)

Jacksons Lake is a small lake in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada....

. From that point, Ontario Highway 7

Highway 7 (Ontario)

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 runs parallel to the creek. The creek continues southwest, is crossed by a Hydro One

Hydro One

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 transmission line, and passes into Tweed

Tweed, Ontario

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, Hastings County. It reaches its mouth at the Skootamatta River

Skootamatta River

The Skootamatta River is a river in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties in Ontario, Canada. It flows from Joeperry Lake to join the Moira River in Tweed...

, at an elevation of 179 metres (587 ft), about 7 kilometres (4 mi) east of the community of Actinolite

Actinolite, Ontario

Actinolite is a community on the Skootamatta River in eastern Ontario. It is in the Municipality of Tweed, in Hastings County, on Highway 37 just south of Highway 7 and north of Tweed....

. The Skootamatta River flows via the Moira River 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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