Sturgeon River (Simcoe County)

For other places with the same name, see Sturgeon River.

Sturgeon River
Location of the mouth of the Sturgeon River in southern Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Central Ontario
County	Simcoe
Municipalities	Tay Oro-Medonte Springwater
Physical characteristics
Source	Unnamed spring
• location	Oro-Medonte
• coordinates	44°33′21″N 79°41′13″W
• elevation	273 m (896 ft)
Mouth	Sturgeon Bay, Severn Sound, Georgian Bay
• location	Tay
• coordinates	44°44′12″N 79°44′16″W
• elevation	176 m (577 ft)
Length	25 km (16 mi)
Basin features
River system	Lake Huron drainage basin

The Sturgeon River is a river in the Lake Huron drainage basin in the municipalities of Tay, Oro-Medonte and Springwater in Simcoe County, Central Ontario, Canada.

Course

The Sturgeon river begins at an unnamed spring between the Simcoe Highlands and the western edge of the Oro Moraine, and just west of the community of Horseshoe Valley in Oro-Medonte. It passes north through Craigs Swamp, then under Ontario Highway 400 and into Springwater southeast of the community of Hillsdale. It flows over Rumbles Dam and re-enters Oro-Medonte. The river continues north, passes under Simcoe County Road 23 into Tay, then passes under Ontario Highway 12 and through the communities of Sturgeon Bay and Sturgeon Beach to reach its mouth at Sturgeon Bay on Severn Sound, part of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron.

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario

Sources

• "Sturgeon River". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
• "Sturgeon River". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2011-03-02. Shows river course.