Grand River Ontario

This article is about the Grand River in Southern Ontario, Canada. For other rivers of the same name, please see: Grand River. Download high resolution version (514x705, 10 KB) Map of the Grand River, in Ontario Canada I created this map of the Grand River, in Ontario Canada. ... Download high resolution version (514x705, 10 KB) Map of the Grand River, in Ontario Canada I created this map of the Grand River, in Ontario Canada. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... The Grand River is the name of several rivers in different countries: The Grand River in Ontario in Canada The Grand River in Michigan in the United States. ...

The Grand River is a large river in southwestern Ontario, Canada. From its source, it flows south through Grand Valley, Fergus, Elora, Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, Paris, Brantford, Caledonia, and Cayuga before emptying into the north shore of Lake Erie south of Dunnville at Port Maitland. One of the scenic and spectacular features of the river is the falls and gorge at Elora. For the Second World War frigate class, see River class frigate The Murray River in Australia A waterfall on the Ova da Fedoz, Switzerland A river is a large natural waterway. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Area 1,076,395 km² (4th)  - Land 917,741 km²  - Water 158,654 km² (14. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... Fergus is a small town in Ontario, Canada. ... Elora on the Grand River Elora is a village in Ontario, Canada, with a population of 4,546 (according to the 2001 census). ... Map of Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario with Waterloo in red. ... For other uses of the word Kitchener please see Kitchener (disambiguation) Map of Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario with Kitchener in red. ... Map of Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario with Cambridge in red Cambridge (2003 population 117,963) is located on the Grand River in Waterloo Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. ... Paris (2001 population 9,881) is a town on the Grand River in Ontario, Canada. ... Brantford (2004 population 90,195) is a city located on the Grand River in southwestern Ontario, Canada. ... Caledonia is a town in the western part of the Niagara Peninsula in southern Ontario, located south of Hamilton on the Grand River. ... Cayuga is the name of a village in the province of Ontario, Canada located where Ontario Kings Highway #3 (the Talbot Trail) crosses the Grand River. ... Lake Erie, looking southward from a high rural bluff near Leamington, Ontario Lake Erie is one of the five large freshwater Great Lakes in North America, the worlds largest such lakes. ... Dunnville is a community in southern Ontario of approximately 13,000, about 45 minutes from Fort Erie and Buffalo, New York. ... Categories: Canada geography stubs ...

The river's rural character, ease of access and lack of portages make it a desirable canoeing location, especially the stretch between West Montrose and Paris, Ontario. A number of conservation areas exist in the area of the river, managed by the Grand River Conservation Authority. Canoe at El Nido, Philippines A canoe is a relatively small human-powered boat. ... West Montrose is a small village in Ontario. ... Paris (2001 population 9,881) is a town on the Grand River in Ontario, Canada. ...

The Grand Valley Trail stretches 250 km along the river's valley between the town of Alton and Lake Erie.

The river was named "Grande Rivière" by the French during the 18th century. Although it was later renamed Ouse River by John Graves Simcoe, the anglicized form of the French name has remained in common use. The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 - October 26, 1806) was the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (modern-day southern Ontario plus the shoreline of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior) from 1791-1796. ...

Watershed

The Grand River watershed consists of all the land that drains into the Grand River through tributary creeks and rivers such as the Conestogo, Speed, Eramosa and Nith rivers. The Grand River watershed is Southern Ontario's largest. The Conestogo River is a river in Waterloo Region in Western Ontario. ... The Speed River is a river in Waterloo Region in Western Ontario. ... The Eramosa River is a river in Wellington County in western Ontario which rises near Erin, Ontario and flows southwest through the city of Guelph, where it joins the Speed River and then enters the Grand River. ... There are at least two rivers named Nith: One is in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and passes through the town of Sanquhar. ...

Because a watershed is an ecosystem with natural borders, it includes and crosses many municipal boundaries. Its headwaters are near Dundalk in the north. The Grand River flows south south east. In ecology, an ecosystem is a community of organisms (plant, animal and other living organisms - also referred as biocenose) together with their environment (or biotope), functioning as a unit. ... The community of Dundalk, Ontario, has a population of 1,972 (2001). ...

Luther Marsh, a 52 square kilometre wetland on the upper Grand, is one of the largest inland wetlands in southern Ontario and provides habitat for waterfowl, including Least Bittern and Black Tern, and amphibians. It is also an important staging area during migration. To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 10 km² (1000 hectares) and 100 km² (10,000 hectares). ... Binomial name Ixobrychus exilis (Gmelin, 1789) The Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis) is a small wading bird, the smallest heron found in North America. ... Binomial name Chlidonias niger (Linnaeus, 1758) The Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, is a small tern. ... Long-distance land bird migration Many species of land birds migrate very long distances, the most common pattern being for birds to breed in the temperate or arctic northern hemisphere and winter in warmer regions, often in the tropics or the southern hemisphere. ...

The watershed (7000 square kilometers or 2600 square miles) has been recognized by the designation of the Grand as a Canadian Heritage River. The Canadian Heritage Rivers System (CHRS) was established in 1984 by the federal, provincial and territorial governments to conserve and protect the best examples of Canadas river heritage, to give them national recognition, and to encourage the public to enjoy and appreciate them. ...

See also

• List of Ontario rivers

See also: Rivers in Canada Tributaries of Hudson Bay Rivers in Canada alphabetically Rivers of the Americas This is the list of rivers situated which flow through Ontario. ...

External links

• Grand River Conservation Authority (http://www.grandriver.ca/)
• Grand Valley Trail Association (http://www.gvta.on.ca/)
• Canadian Council for Geographic Education page with a series of articles on the history of the Grand River  (http://www.ccge.org/ccge/english/Resources/rivers/tr_rivers_grandRiver.asp).