{{Distinguish|Crow River (Ontario)}} {{Infobox river | name = Crowe River | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = Crowe River.jpg | image_caption = Crowe River north of Crowe Bridge | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Canada Southern Ontario | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of the Crowe River in southern Ontario <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Canada | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Ontario | subdivision_type3 = Region | subdivision_name3 = Southern Ontario | subdivision_type4 = Counties | subdivision_name4 = {{hlist|Northumberland|Hastings|Peterborough|Haliburton}} | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location= | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = Paudash Lake | source1_location = Paudash, Faraday township, Hastings County | source1_coordinates= {{coord|44|58|50|N|77|58|25|W|display=inline}} | source1_elevation = {{convert|341|m|abbr=on}} | mouth = Trent River | mouth_location = Trent Hills, Northumberland County | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|44|22|23|N|77|45|49|W|display=inline,title}} | mouth_elevation = {{convert|159|m|abbr=on}} | progression = | river_system = Lake Ontario drainage basin | basin_size = {{convert|2000|km2|abbr=on}} | tributaries_left = Beaver Creek, Green River | tributaries_right = North River | custom_label = | custom_data = | extra = }}
The '''Crowe River''' is a river in the counties of Haliburton, Hastings, Northumberland and Peterborough in southern Ontario, Canada.<ref>{{cite cgndb|id= FAUPO|title= Crowe River|accessdate= 2011-07-18}}</ref> It is in the Lake Ontario drainage basin and is a tributary of the Trent River.
==Course== The river begins at Paudash Lake and exits southeast out of the lake under Ontario Highway 28 and over Paudash Lake Dam<ref name="CVCADam">{{cite web|url= http://www.crowevalley.com/waterdams.html|title= Why do we need dams?|publisher= Crowe Valley Conservation Authority|accessdate= 2011-07-18|archive-date= 2011-07-28|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110728022055/http://www.crowevalley.com/waterdams.html|url-status= dead}}</ref> at the settlement of Paudash in Faraday township, Hastings County. It turns southwest and heads through the southeast corner of the township of Highlands East in Haliburton County, then south into the township of North Kawartha in Peterborough County. The Crowe River heads south-southeast back into Hastings County at the township of Wollaston, passes through a {{convert|230|m|ft|0|adj=on}}-long, {{convert|30|m|ft|0|adj=on}}-high and {{convert|5|to|10|m|ft|0|adj=on}}-wide gorge at The Gut Conservation Area,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.crowevalley.com/conservationgut.html|title= The Gut|publisher= Crowe Valley Conservation Authority|accessdate= 2011-07-18|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110728021439/http://www.crowevalley.com/conservationgut.html|archive-date= 2011-07-28|url-status= dead}}</ref> takes in the left tributary Green River, and reaches Tangamong Lake.
thumb|left|The Crowe River at Marmora The river continues south out of the lake over a falls, takes in the left tributary Copeway Creek, passes into the township of Marmora and Lake at Mud Turtle Lake east of the settlement of Vansickle, heads back into Peterborough County at the township of Havelock-Belmont-Methuen, flows through Cordova Lake and out over Cordova Lake Dam,<ref name="CVCADam" /> and reaches Belmont Lake where it takes in the major right tributary North River. It exits the lake from Crowe River Bay to the east over Belmont Dam<ref name="CVCADam" /> to Crowe Lake, where it once again enters Marmora and Lake township, takes in the major left tributary Beaver Creek, and reaches the community of Marmora on Ontario Highway 7.
There, the Crowe River passes over Marmora Dam,<ref name="CVCADam" /> heads southwest into the township of Stirling-Rawdon, passes over two one-metre (3 ft 3 in)-high and {{convert|40|to|60|m|ft|0|adj=on}}-wide falls at Callaghan's Rapids Conservation Area,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.crowevalley.com/conservationcallaghan.html|title= Callaghan's Rapids|publisher= Crowe Valley Conservation Authority|accessdate= 2011-07-18|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110728021350/http://www.crowevalley.com/conservationcallaghan.html|archive-date= 2011-07-28|url-status= dead}}</ref> enters the municipality of Trent Hills in Northumberland County, flows over Allan Mills dam,<ref name="CVCADam" /> passes over several falls at Crow Bridge Conservation Area,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.crowevalley.com/crowe-bridge/|title= Crow Bridge|publisher= Crowe Valley Conservation Authority|accessdate= 2019-03-07}}</ref> and reaches its mouth at Crowe Bay on the Trent River, just upstream of the Trent–Severn Waterway Crowe Bay lock and dam. The Trent River flows to the Bay of Quinte on Lake Ontario at Trenton.<ref name="CVCAHistory">{{cite web|url= http://www.crowevalley.com/abouthistory.html|title= History|publisher= Crowe Valley Conservation Authority|accessdate= 2011-07-18|archive-date= 2011-07-09|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110709180020/http://www.crowevalley.com/abouthistory.html|url-status= dead}}</ref>
==Watershed== The northern part of the watershed is sparsely inhabited Canadian Shield terrain. At Marmora, the watershed enters Paleozoic limestone-plain country, with unusual outcroppings of Canadian Shield through the limestone at Allan Mills and just above Crowe Bridge.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} The river drains an area of about {{convert|2000|km2|sqmi|-2}}.<ref name="CVCAHistory" />
==Economy== At one time, the river was used to transport logs down to sawmills at Marmora. The river powers several small hydroelectric generating stations.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}} The limestone-step falls at Callaghans Rapids Conservation Area and Crowe Bridge Conservation Area are popular sites for springtime kayakers and summertime swimmers.{{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}
==Tributaries== *Beaver Creek (left) *North River (right) *Copeway Creek (left) *Green River (left)
==Communities== *Marmora
==See also== *List of rivers of Ontario
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Sources== {{Refbegin}} *{{cite web|title= Crowe River|publisher= Natural Resources Canada|date= 2010-02-04|work= Atlas of Canada|url= http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map?mapsize=750%20666&mapxy=1369347.62749%20-299855.181143&scale=500000&feature_na=Crowe%20River&searchstring=Crowe%20River&layers=fapfeature%20fapfeature%20north_arrow%20other_features%20million_grid%20t50k_grid%20grid_50k_3%20roads%20hydrography%20boundary%20builtup%20vegetation%20populated_places%20railway%20power_network%20manmade_features%20designated_areas%20water_features%20water_saturated_soils%20relief%20contours%20toponymy%20contour%20nodata_ntdb_50k&map_layer%5bnortharrow%5d_class%5b0%5d_style%5b0%5d=ANGLE%20-15.57394175866564&urlappend=%26unique_key%3D0c369d7b849c20c362740fd28a9dbbf4%26map.layer%5Btextzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+1384864.05622+-330606.896723+END+TEXT+%22Crowe+River%22+END%26map.layer%5Btextzoom46%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+1384864.05622+-330606.896723+END+TEXT+%22Crowe+River%22+END%26map.layer%5Blineresultzoom0%5D%3DDATA+fap_rivers%26map.layer%5Blineresultzoom1%5D%3DDATA+fap_rivers%26map.layer%5Blineresultzoom2%5D%3DDATA+fap_rivers%26map.layer%5Barrowzoom03%5D%3DFEATURE+POINTS+1384864.05622+-330606.896723+END+END|accessdate= 2011-07-18}} Shows the river course. *{{cite map|url= http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/traveller/map/images/pdf/southont/sheets/Map6.pdf|format= PDF|title= Map 6|series= Official road map of Ontario|publisher= Ministry of Transportation of Ontario|scale= 1 : 700,000|date= 2010-01-01|accessdate= 2011-07-18}} *{{cite map|url= http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6576|title= Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5|year= 2006|series= Restructuring Maps of Ontario|publisher= Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing|accessdate= 2011-07-18|archive-date= 2020-05-11|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200511165309/http://www.mah.gov.on.ca/AssetFactory.aspx?did=6576|url-status= dead}} *{{cite web |url=http://www.crowevalley.com/index.html |title=About Crowe Valley Conservation Authority |publisher=Crowe Valley Conservation Authority |accessdate=2011-07-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728020827/http://www.crowevalley.com/index.html |archivedate=2011-07-28 }} {{Refend}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *[http://www.crowevalley.com/ Crowe Valley Conservation Authority]
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Category:Rivers of Haliburton County Category:Rivers of Hastings County Category:Rivers of Northumberland County, Ontario Category:Rivers of Peterborough County