Tay Watershed Information

Tay Watershed Maps

Watershed Map 1	Watershed Map 2	RVCA Map 3MB PDF Version
Google Map Tay River near Glen Tay Options: Zoom in or out Enter location or use scroll Switch to Satelite view		RVCA Tay River Subwatershed Catchment Map   1.2 MB PDF File

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Did you know?

• 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 1626 acres in size.
• Otty Lake is 1664 acres in size.
• Bobs Lake is 7962 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.

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)

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