Crowe River
Crowe River north of Crowe Brid
Crowe River is a river in the south of the Canadian province of Ontario.
It flows through the County Haliburton, Hastings, Northumberland and Peterborough in Southern Ontario.
He is a left tributary of the River Trent and is part of the catchment area of Lake Ontario.
River
The river has its origin in Paudash Lake, which he leaves in a southeasterly direction at Paudash Lake Dam. He crosses Highway 28 He turns later to the southwest. It flows through a 230 m long, 30 m high and 5-10 m wide gorge in The Gut Conservation Area. Then opens the Green River from the left in the Crowe River. The river flows through the Tangamong Lake, take the left inflow Copeway Creek on, flows through the Mud Turtle Lake and reaches the Cordova Lake, which is dammed by the Cordova Lake Dam. Now he reaches the Belmont Lake, in which also the North River empties. He leaves the lake at Crowe River Bay to the east over the Belmont Dam and reached the nearby Crowe Lake. In these also the Beaver Creek flows. The Crowe River Marmora happens, Highway 7 and the Marmora Dam. He continues to flow in a south-westerly direction and reaches the Calla Gahan 's Rapids Conservation Area. Now the Crowe River is located in the municipality of Trent Hills in Northumberland County. He happened to Allan Mills Dam, the Crowe Bridge Conservation Area and meets at Crowe Bay, above Crowe Bay Locks and Dam, on the Trent River.
Catchment area
The northern part of the catchment area is sparsely populated and is part of the Canadian Shield. In the Marmora Crowe River meets the limestone - containing layer of the Great Lakes. Near Allan Mills and Crowe Bridge comes to light, the rock of the Canadian Shield through the limestone. The catchment area of the Crowe River covers about 2000 km ².
Economy
Formerly the river for rafts of logs was used to saw mills in Marmora. Several small hydropower plants located along the Crowe River. The rapids on the limestone steps into the Callaghan's Rapids and Crowe Bridge Conservation Areas are popular places for kayakers in the spring and for swimmers during the summer months.