The Clare River is a

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that is part of the

Moira River The Moira River is a river in Hastings County in eastern Ontario, Canada. It travels from its source in the centre of the county to the Bay of Quinte at the county seat Belleville . Name Originally named the Sagonaska River by the indigenous peo ...

system in the

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and

Lennox and Addington Lennox and Addington was a federal electoral district represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1904 to 1925. It was located in the province of Ontario. This riding was first created in 1903 from Addington and Lennox ridings. It co ...

Counties,

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The Clare River begins at the junction of several unnamed creeks in the township of

Stone Mills Stone Mills is a lower-tier township north of Greater Napanee in Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada. According to the 2021 census, the township has a population of 7,826. The Township of Stone Mills was formed on January 1, 1998, thro ...

, Lennox and Addington County at an elevation of . It flows southwest into Calpin Lake at an elevation of at the community of McGuire Settlement, then continues southwest under Highway 41. It then turns west and passes into the municipality of

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, Hastings County. It takes in the left tributary Goose Creek and right tributary Otter Creek, flows past the settlement of Bogart, and empties into the east side of

Stoco Lake Stoco Lake is a lake in the Lake Ontario drainage basin in Tweed, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. The lake is about long and wide, and lies at an elevation of approximately . There are two named islands, Butternut Island and Grant Island, and ...

on the Moira River at an elevation of . The Moira River flows into the

Bay of Quinte The Bay of Quinte () is a long, narrow bay shaped like the letter "Z" on the northern shore of Lake Ontario in the province of Ontario, Canada. It is just west of the head of the Saint Lawrence River that drains the Great Lakes into the Gulf of ...

on Lake Ontario at Belleville.

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* * {{refend Rivers of Hastings County Rivers of Lennox and Addington County

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