Welland River

Welland River
Chippawa Creek
Welland River; Chippawa Creek
	A boat on the river
Location
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Cities	Welland; Niagara Falls;
Physical characteristics
Source
• coordinates	43°08′44″N 79°56′18″W / 43.14542°N 79.93847°W
• elevation	approx. 248 m (814 ft)
Mouth
• location	Niagara River
• coordinates	43°03′48″N 79°02′42″W / 43.06334°N 79.04504°W
• elevation	166 m (545 ft)
Length	approx. 135–140 km (84–87 mi)
Width
• minimum	50 ft (15 m)
• maximum	100 ft (30 m)
Discharge
• location	Wellandport; 43°00′18″N 79°28′57″W / 43.00500°N 79.48250°W
• average	8.72 m3/s (308 cu ft/s)
• minimum	8.57 m3/s (303 cu ft/s)
• maximum	8.88 m3/s (314 cu ft/s)
Basin features
Progression	Niagara River→ Lake Ontario→ Saint Lawrence River→ Gulf of Saint Lawrence

The Welland River (originally called the Chippawa Creek) is a river in the Golden Horseshoe that passes through the Southern Ontario cities of Welland and Niagara Falls. It flows from its source, a Drainage Basin just south of Hamilton, Ontario to meet the Niagara River.

^ This article incorporates public domain material from "Elevation". The National Map. United States Geological Survey. 2019-12-14.
^ Lower Welland River Characterization Report (PDF) (Report). May 2011. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2019-12-14. Over the course of its length of roughly 135 kilometers, the Welland River only drops approximately 82 meters in elevation.
^ Hogue, Tom (2014-09-17). "Bend in the river". Stories from the Hamilton Spectator. Archived from the original on 2019-12-15. Retrieved 2019-12-14.
^ ^a ^b Lake Survey, U. S. (April 1934). "Survey of Northern and Northwestern Lakes". U.S. Lake Survey. 43. p. 408. Retrieved 2019-12-14. Welland River is 50 to 100 feet in width.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Monthly Discharge Data for Welland River at Wellandport". Environment and Climate Change Canada Historical Hydrometric Data. Retrieved 2019-12-14.