Cooksville Creek

Cooksville Creek
River
Looking downstream from a pedestrian bridge just downstream of The Queensway
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Greater Toronto Area
Regional Municipality	Peel
Municipality	Mississauga

Part of	Great Lakes Basin


Source
- elevation	183 m (600 ft)
- coordinates	43°37′35″N 79°40′58″W / 43.62639°N 79.68278°W / 43.62639; -79.68278
Mouth	Lake Ontario
- elevation	74 m (243 ft)
- coordinates	43°33′53″N 79°33′55″W / 43.56472°N 79.56528°W / 43.56472; -79.56528Coordinates: 43°33′53″N 79°33′55″W / 43.56472°N 79.56528°W / 43.56472; -79.56528

Length	16 km (10 mi)
Basin	33.9 km² (13 sq mi)

Location of the mouth of Cooksville Creek in southern Ontario

Cooksville Creek is a short stream in Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada.^[1] It begins near Bristol Road West and Hurontario Street and flows south to Lake Ontario at R.K McMilian Park near Lakeshore Road and Cawthra Road. The community of Cooksville is located on the west bank of the creek near Hurontario Street and Dundas Street East. The creek is surrounded mostly by residential homes and a few parks:

R.K. McMilian Park
Camilla Park
Cooksville Park
R. Jones Park
Mississauga Valley Park
Stonebrook Park
Woodington Green
Kingsbridge Common

The drainage basin runs for 16 kilometres (9.9 mi), is about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) wide, has a total area of 33.9 square kilometres (13.1 sq mi),^[2] and takes excess water from sanitary and storm sewers.^[3] 94% of the drainage basin is built over, and only 6% is open space.^[2]

References

↑ "Cooksville Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2014-04-16.
1 2 Aquafor Beech (July 2012). "Cooksville Creek Flood Evaluation - Master Plan EA - Final Report" (PDF). City of Mississauga. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
↑ "Public Information Meeting - Cooksville Creek Flooding Issues" (PDF). City of Mississauga. 9 November 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2014.

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