Bear Brook (Ontario)

Bear Brook (French: ruisseau Bear) is a small stream in the municipalities of Clarence-Rockland and The Nation, United Counties of Prescott and Russell, and the city of Ottawa in eastern Ontario, Canada. It forms in the fields and forests just north of Edwards, and flows in a mostly eastern direction to its mouth as a left tributary of the South Nation River.^{[3][1][4][5][6]}

Bear Brook ruisseau Bear
Location of the mouth of Bear Brook in Southern Ontario
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
County	Prescott and Russell
Municipalities	The Nation Clarence-Rockland Ottawa
Physical characteristics
Source	Confluence of two unnamed streams
• location	Edwards
• coordinates	45°20′54″N 75°27′49″W[1]
• elevation	70 m (230 ft)[2]
Mouth	South Nation River
• location	The Nation
• coordinates	45°25′11″N 75°04′13″W[3]
• elevation	48 m (157 ft)[2]
Basin features
Progression	South Nation River→ Ottawa River→ Saint Lawrence River→ Gulf of Saint Lawrence
River system	Ottawa River drainage basin

Communities along the brook include Edwards, Carlsbad Springs, Bearbrook, Cheney, and Bourget.

History

In the mid 19th century, the Bear Brook was used by loggers for floating timber to sawmills, a few of which operated in Carlsbad Springs from 1854 to 1905. It was also used by settlers for transportation to their homesteads. However the brook was too small and dry in the summer, and its use for transportation was quickly discontinued upon completion of Russell Road. All the surrounding mature forests have been logged, and consequently the brook drains faster.^[7]

See also

• List of rivers of Ontario

References

1. "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
2. "Google Earth". Retrieved 2021-01-26.
3. "Bear Brook". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
4. "Ontario Geonames GIS (on-line map and search)". Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry. 2014. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
5. Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #5 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
6. Map 11 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2020-01-01. Retrieved 2021-01-26.
7. Gloucester Historical Society

External links

• Serré, Robert (2016). Glimpses of Cumberland Township: for the honour of our ancestors. Burnstown, Ontario: Burnstown Publishing House. ISBN 9781772570663. OCLC 973784683.
• Cumberland Township Historical Society