Map Notes Clinton Map 22 Barriers and other impediment to Bayfield Milverton Watercourse Dams stream flow such as small dams, Seaforth perched culverts, and inline weirs and Barriers can influence surface water quality. Mitchell Dam Cr. " Whirl Watershed Characterization Report Wildwood and Pittock dams are Mitchell R.T. Orr Dam WATERLOO large structures that provide both River PERTH Thames Watershed & Region flood control and flow HURON ! (Upper & Lower Thames augmentation, with a side benefit Lake ! Cr. Valley Source Protection Areas) Black River " ! of recreational opportunities. Flat " !" New Hamburg

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Cr. th Ingersoll flood level flows come down Coldstream Waubuno !Sou Pottersburg " from the upper Thames Sarnia Oxbow ! !! ! ""!!!! Significant Dam Structure !! " ! Dorchester watershed. !!!! ! Watford " Wyoming Strathroy Komo!ka London ! ! Reynolds C Watercourse Information ! Due to the complexity of the !! ! ! Dingman Cr. r. r !Mount Br!ydges Thames River watershed LAMBTON ! "! !"" watercourse network, only 3rd Petrolia order and greater watercourses Tillsonburg River are shown. Rive Alvinston Gentlem ² Watershed Boundaries en C Oil Springs lair ! Watershed boundaries shown are r. ! Aylmer St. Thomas New ! not precisely defined. The C Glencoe ! biggen es ! ! Cr. am ! boundaries were originally Battlehill !Th 0 5 10 20 30 40 Cr.! Talbot created using watercourse and St. ! ELGIN Cr. km elevation information from Newbury !!!!! ! Dutton Port Stanley 1:50,000 N.T.S. mapping. !! ! ! ! Bothwell!!!! ! ! ! Wallaceburg ! ! !!! ! ! ! West Lorne ! ! ! Dresden !

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ELGIN ESSEX Proposed Thames, Sydenham Lake St. Clair CHATHAM-KENT & RegiThamon Soes-urceSy Watdenhaer Protecmtion Lake Erie and Region ESSEX Legend Document Reference Municipal Boundaries 2.3.3.5 Dams in the Thames Thames Watershed & Region Watershed and Region Source Protection Region Leamington