The Conestogo River is a river in Waterloo Region and Wellington County in Southwestern Ontario , Canada. The river was named by Mennonite settlers after the Conestoga River in Pennsylvania. In the 1800s there were several different spellings of the name of the river and of the nearby settlement of Conestogo, Ontario but the name ending in "o" became official.
6-702: It is in the Lake Erie Basin and joins the Grand River as a right tributary at the community of Conestogo . A dam built on the river for flood control formed Conestogo Lake , which covers an area of about 23 square kilometres (8.9 sq mi). A conservation area operated by the Grand River Conservation Authority is located on this lake. Fish species in the river include brown trout , pike , smallmouth bass , perch , walleye and carp . This Southwestern Ontario geographical article
12-505: A remnant of the glacial lake. Michigan's drainage basin consists of 5,808 square miles (15,040 km ). New York's drainage basin covers 2,300 square miles (6,000 km ). Agricultural, industrial, and residential land use are the primary nonpoint sources of pollution in the Lake Erie Basin. National and state environmental agencies, as well as interstate and binational cooperative efforts, focus on water quality, especially since
18-576: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a river in Ontario , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lake Erie Basin Lake Erie Basin consists of Lake Erie and surrounding watersheds , which are typically named after the river, creek, or stream that provides drainage into the lake. The watersheds are located in the states of Indiana , Michigan , New York , Ohio , and Pennsylvania in
24-689: The United States , and in the province of Ontario in Canada . The basin is part of the Great Lakes Basin and Saint Lawrence River Watershed, which feeds into the Atlantic Ocean . 80% of the lake's water flows in from the Detroit River , with only 9% coming from all of the remaining watersheds combined. (The remainder (11%) is derived from direct precipitation into the lake.) A littoral zone serves as
30-478: The freshwater lake is used extensively for drinking water, recreation, and the fishing industry. Habitat and flow alteration cause siltation and sedimentation issues which can require dredging . Fertilizer runoff from farms and residences and unplanned releases from sewage treatment plants promote eutrophication through nutrient and organic enrichment, bacterial contamination, and the appearance of ammonium hydroxide. Industrial land use adds metals that flow into
36-523: The interface between land and lake, being that portion of the basin where the lake is less than 15 feet (4.6 m) in depth. The Lake Erie Basin was formed at the end of the Wisconsin glaciation . The basin was part of Glacial Lake Maumee until an eastern drainage opened at Niagara , at which point the Maumee River Watershed reversed its flow eastward. The Great Black Swamp is thought to be
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