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Skootamatta River
The Skootamatta River at the picnic area at Highway 7 & Highway 37 in fall
Skootamatta River is located in Southern Ontario
Skootamatta River
Location of the mouth of the Skootamatta River in southern Ontario
EtymologyFrom the Ojibwa "burnt shoreline"
Nickname(s)The Skoot
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Region
  • Central Ontario
  • Eastern Ontario
Counties
  • Hastings
  • Lennox and Addington
Physical characteristics
SourceJoeperry Lake
 • locationAddington Highlands, Lennox and Addington County
 • coordinates44°48′07″N 77°13′21″W / 44.80194°N 77.22250°W / 44.80194; -77.22250
 • elevation315 m (1,033 ft)
MouthMoira River
 • location
Tweed, Hastings County
 • coordinates
44°31′09″N 77°20′23″W / 44.51917°N 77.33972°W / 44.51917; -77.33972
 • elevation
152 m (499 ft)
Length74.1 km (46.0 mi)
Basin features
River systemGreat Lakes Basin
Tributaries 
 • leftFlinton Creek, Little Skootamatta Creek
 • rightRainy Creek, Killer Creek, Partridge Creek, Elzevir Creek

The Skootamatta River is a river in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in Hastings and Lennox and Addington Counties in Ontario, Canada. It flows from Joeperry Lake to join the Moira River in Tweed. The river's name is thought to come from Ojibwa words meaning "burnt shoreline".

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