Friends of the Tay Watershed

Watershed Information

Some Facts about the Tay River Watershed

• The Tay River Watershed is approximately 850 square kilometres in size.
• The Tay River is approximately 95 km long.
• The Tay River drops an average of 1.2 metres per kilometre (6.4 feet per mile).
• There are 46 lakes in the Tay River Watershed.
• Christie Lake is 1,626 acres in size.
• Otty Lake is 1,664 acres in size.
• Bobs Lake is 7,962 acres in size.
• There are 6 municipalities within the Tay River Watershed.
• There are 4 dams and 1 set of locks on the Tay River.
• The headwaters of the Tay River are used as a reservoir for the Rideau Canal.
• The Tay River was originally called Pike Creek.



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Tay Watershed Maps

Google Map Tay River near Glen Tay Options: Zoom in or out Enter location or use scroll Switch to Satelite view

RVCA Map 3MB PDF Version




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Bodies of Water in the Tay Watershed

(For pictures of selected sites, go to the Image Gallery)

Lakes, Bays and Ponds

Top of Watershed (above north-south railroad line from Oconto to Tichborne)

Abbott	Danby	*Leggat	Miller
Barton	Duncan	Little Beaver	Oconto
Carnahan	*Eagle	Little Mud	Scanlin
Clow	*Elbow	Long	Spruce
Watson


Middle Watershed (between Oconto/Tichborne Line and Christie Lake)

Atwood	*Davern	Little Rock	*Rainbow
Beaver	Deer	*Little Silver	Rock (north)
*Bobs & Crow	Doran	Little Twins	Sucker
Buck Bay	Farrell	Lynn	Thompson Pond
Burns Pond	Green Bay	Mud Bay	Victoria
*Christie	Lake of the Hills	O’Brien	Weatherhead
*Crosby	Little Crosby	*Pike


Below Christie Lake

Andrew	Mclaren	Mud Lke	Rock (south)
Doctor	Mills	*Otty	Thoms Mud


* lakes that are known to have an association now or recent

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Creeks in the Watershed

Above Oconto/Tichborne Line

Fish

Stag

Stub

Uens


Between the Line and Christie Lake

Davern;

Eagle



Below Christie Lake

Grants	Blueberry	Jebbs	Rudsdale
Scotts (Snye)