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Tooley Creek

Ontario river stubsRivers of the Regional Municipality of DurhamTributaries of Lake Ontario

Tooley Creek is a small watercourse that drains into Lake Ontario near Darlington, Ontario. It drains 1,050 hectares (4.1 sq mi). Groundwater discharge from the bluffs left from glacial Lake Iroquois feed the headwaters of Tooley Creek.Its watershed is bordered by the watersheds of three other watercourses, Darlington Creek, Farewell Creek and Robinson Creek.

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Tooley Creek
Courtice Shores Drive, Clarington

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Courtice Shores Drive
L1E 2S6 Clarington
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