Running Creek (Ontario)

Running Creek
Location of the mouth of Running Creek in Southern Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Southwestern Ontario
Municipality	Chatham-Kent
Physical characteristics
Source	Chenail Ecarté (The Snye)
• coordinates	42°36′11″N 82°28′41″W / 42.60306°N 82.47806°W / 42.60306; -82.47806[2]
• elevation	175 m (574 ft)[3]
Mouth	North Sydenham River
• location	Wallaceburg
• coordinates	42°36′14″N 82°23′19″W / 42.60389°N 82.38861°W / 42.60389; -82.38861[1]Coordinates: 42°36′14″N 82°23′19″W / 42.60389°N 82.38861°W / 42.60389; -82.38861[1]
• elevation	175 m (574 ft)[3]
Basin features
River system	Great Lakes Basin

Running Creek is a stream in the municipality of Chatham-Kent in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.^{[1][2][4][5][6]} It is a left distributary of the Chenail Ecarté (The Snye), is a tributary of the North Sydenham River, and is part of the Great Lakes Basin.^[2][4]

The creek begins at the Chenail Ecarté (The Snye) at an elevation of 175 metres (574 ft),^[3] and flows east to its mouth at the North Sydenham River, at an elevation of 175 metres (574 ft), on the north side of the community of Wallaceburg.^[3] The North Sydenham River flows via the Sydenham River, Lake St. Clair and the Detroit River to Lake Erie.^[1][2][4]

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