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Maitland River (other)
Maitland River is in Ontario, Canada. Maitland River may also refer to: *Maitland River (Western Australia) The Maitland River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise in the Chichester Range near Zebra Hill and it flows in a north-westerly direction. The river crosses the North West Coastal Highway sou ..., in the Pilbara region See also * Maitland (other) {{geodis ...
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Maitland River
The Maitland River is a river in Huron County, Perth County and Wellington County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Shows the course of the river highlighted on a topographic map. The river is in the Great Lakes Basin and empties into Lake Huron at the town of Goderich. It is long, and is named after Sir Peregrine Maitland, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada from 1818 to 1828. It was formerly known as the Menesetung River. Course The river begins in geographic Arthur Township in the municipality of Wellington North, Wellington County. It flows west into the municipality of Minto and its main centre, the community of Harriston, with its triple junction of Ontario Highway 9, Ontario Highway 23 and Ontario Highway 89. The river continues west into the municipality of Howick, Huron County, where it passes over two small dams, at Gorrie (maintained by the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority) and at Wroxeter (maintained by the community), passes through the municipality ...
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Maitland River (Western Australia)
The Maitland River is a river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The headwaters of the river rise in the Chichester Range near Zebra Hill and it flows in a north-westerly direction. The river crosses the North West Coastal Highway south of Karratha then discharges into the Indian Ocean. The river flows through a number of permanent and semi-permanent pools on the way to the coast including Miaree Pool, Toorare Pool and Charrowie Pool. The river has four tributaries: Four Mile Creek, Cockatoo Creek, Munni Munni Creek and Corringer Creek. During an 1861 expedition, the surveyor and explorer Francis Thomas Gregory named the river after another member of the expedition party, volunteer Maitland Brown. The traditional owners Native title is the set of rights, recognised by Australian law, held by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups or individuals to land that derive from their maintenance of their traditional laws and customs. These Aboriginal title rig ...
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