Partridge 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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

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Course

Partridge Creek begins at an elevation of 368 metres (1,207 ft) at the outflow of an unnamed lake in the Cashel portion of the township of Tudor and Cashel

Tudor and Cashel, Ontario

Tudor and Cashel is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario, located in Hastings County.The township consists of two non-contiguous portions, separated by Limerick township and the northernmost portion of Tweed...

, Hastings County, about 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) southwest of the community of McCrae and just north of Weslemkoon Lake Road that leads to that community. It flows south under the road immediately to Upper Partridge Lake

Upper Partridge Lake (Ontario)

Upper Partridge Lake is a fresh water lake in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in the Cashel portion of the township of Tudor and Cashel, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. It is about southwest of the community of McCrae and just south of Weslemkoon Lake Road that leads to that...

 and continues southeast through a series of unnamed lakes, takes in the left tributary Merrill Creek

Merrill Creek (Ontario)

Merrill Creek is a creek in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties, Ontario, Canada.-Course:...

 and reaches Grimsthorpe Lake

Grimsthorpe Lake (Ontario)

Grimsthorpe Lake is a lake in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins that straddles the border between Tweed, Hastings County and Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County in Ontario, Canada....

, which straddles the boundary to Lennox and Addington County, at an elevation of 319 metres (1,047 ft). The creek continues in a southeasterly direction to Partridge Lake

Partridge Lake (Lennox and Addington County, Ontario)

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

 at an elevation of 288 metres (945 ft). It reaches Deerock Lake

Deerock Lake

Deerock Lake is a lake in the Moira River and Lake Ontario drainage basins in Tweed, Hastings County and Addington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County in Ontario, Canada....

 at an elevation of 259 metres (850 ft), then flows east over Deerock Dam to its mouth at the Skootamatta River

Skootamatta River

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, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) west of the community of Northbrook and 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) north of Flinton

Flinton, Ontario

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, both in the township of Addington Highlands

Addington Highlands, Ontario

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. The Skootamatta River flows via the Moira River to 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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