Welland River Chippawa Creek | |
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![]() A boat on the river | |
Location | |
Country | Canada |
Province | Ontario |
Cities | |
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)[1] |
Length | approx. 135–140 km (84–87 mi)[2][3] |
Width | |
• minimum | 50 ft (15 m)[4] |
• maximum | 100 ft (30 m)[4] |
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)[5] |
• minimum | 8.57 m3/s (303 cu ft/s)[5] |
• maximum | 8.88 m3/s (314 cu ft/s)[5] |
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.
Over the course of its length of roughly 135 kilometers, the Welland River only drops approximately 82 meters in elevation.
Welland River is 50 to 100 feet in width.
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