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Gananoque River

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458: 48: 370:. Water from present day upper Cataraqui watershed lakes such as Birch, Canoe, Buck, Devil, Newboro, Clear, Indian, Benson, Opinicon and Sand flowed through the Jones Falls rapids to the White Fish River. That river flowed into Lower Beverley Lake and from there to the Gananoque River. The original native canoe route from the Ottawa River, via the Rideau River, went to the White Fish River and from there to the St. Lawrence River at Gananoque. This was due to the fact that a direct waterway connection to the Cataraqui River did not exist at that time. 343: 377:. Their dam backed up the water from the White Fish River, overflowing the Cranberry Flood Plain and sending it to the Cataraqui River at the Round Tail (just north of today's Upper Brewers Locks). By 1816 (perhaps as early as 1805-1807), the Haskins built a mill dam at the Round Tail in order to impound their escaping water. This flooded the Cataraqui Flood Plain by about 6 feet, making it navigable by canoe and allowing direct navigation to Kingston. When the 29: 390: 55: 333:
was founded in 1963 to include "...property owners, resort operators, fishermen, farmers, trappers and all other interested parties..." for the purpose of getting together to "Protect wild life, arrange for equitable water levels, facilitate navigation, maintain health standards through the purity of
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was built (1826-1832) Haskins' mill dam at White Fish Falls was replaced by a canal dam and weir (at the foot of today's Morton Bay), and the dam at Round Tail replaced by a canal dam at Upper Brewers. The Rideau Canal dam at the foot of Morton Bay now diverts most of the flow to the Cataraqui
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township. It flows south, passes through the community of Marble Rock, then turns southwest and reaches the community of Maple Grove. It heads again south, takes in the right tributary Mud Creek, passes under
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The name "Gananoque" has been spelled many different ways over the years and so has been assigned several different interpretations, including "place of health" or "meeting place".
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This started to change c.1803 when brothers Lemuel and Carey Haskins built a timber dam and sawmill at White Fish Falls, near today's
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the water confer with officials in regard to definite arrangements for maintaining and improving the waterway for everyone's use."
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Originally the Gananoque watershed included waters south of the present day Rideau River / Cataraqui River watershed divide near
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River. Today's slow flowing Morton Creek (partially flooded due to the dam at
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Location of the mouth of the Gananoque River in southern Ontario
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The Gananoque River begins at Gananoque Lake in incorporated
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Shows the course of the river highlighted on a map.
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Gananoque River at the Gananoque Generating Station
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Gananoque
Gananoque River is located in Southern Ontario
Canada
Ontario
Eastern Ontario
Leeds and Grenville United Counties
Gananoque Lake
Leeds and the Thousand Islands
44°26′16″N 76°08′55″W / 44.43778°N 76.14861°W / 44.43778; -76.14861
Mouth
Saint Lawrence River
Gananoque
44°19′32″N 76°09′34″W / 44.32556°N 76.15944°W / 44.32556; -76.15944
River system
Atlantic Ocean
drainage basin
river
Leeds and Grenville United Counties
Eastern Ontario
Atlantic Ocean
drainage basin
Saint Lawrence River

Leeds and the Thousand Islands
Ontario Highway 401
Thousand Islands
Newboro, Ontario
Morton, Ontario
Rideau Canal

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