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 Thames River & Lower Thames augmentation, with a side benefit Lake ! Cr. Valley Source Protection Areas) Black River " ! of recreational opportunities. Flat " !" New Hamburg Huron C Exeter es r Avon Stratford . am Fanshawe Dam is primarily for Th ! Wildwood Dam Tavistock Legend flood control and provides the Grand Bend ! side benefits of recreation. ! !Cr." ! ! " Trout Thames Watershed & Region Mitchell Dam and R.T. Orr Dam !Fish St. Marys " ! C " Port Franks r. ! ! are generally used to create ! ! artificial lakes in their ! Thames Watershed Boundary communities. Lucan River North "! ! Parkhill ! ! ! Pittock Dam Fanshawe Dam ! es !!! The Indian/McGregor Creek am " Municipal Boundaries ! Th ! Dam located in Chatham is ! ! !! !Cedar Woodstock Medw !!!! ! designed to protect the south part Forest ! Thorndale OXFORD Cr. ay C !!!! !!River ! Type r. es of the community from cresting MICHIGAN ! Middle am " Th flood waters in the Thames MIDDLESEX ! ! Thamesford !!!" ! River. The dam is closed when !! " Cr. !!!! Barrier/Small Dam Structure !"! Cr. ! 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 ! Cr. S Thamesville ixteen M ! River ile C PARRY SOUND ing r. MUSKOKA HALIBURTON Highgate ! Flem Georgian HASTINGS Bay Indian/McGregor Big Cr. PETERBOROUGH Creek Dam es KAWARTHA LAKES am Lake Ridgetown SIMCOE Th r. ! Lake Simcoe GREY Huron BRUCE Lake CHATHAM-KregorENT C " McG Map created by UTRCA, August 2007. r. DURHAM NORTHUMBERLAND Chatham ! DUFFERIN St. Clair elief D YORK arlane R Base mapping produced under license with the Ontario Ministry of Natural McF ! WELLINGTON Lock PEEL TORONTO Resources. © 2007. Cr. !!!! HURON ettes Dr. Ble!nheim Lake Jeann ! PERTH HALTON Barrier information current as of 2002 for Upper Thames River Watershed Baptiste C ! WATERLOO Ontario Lake and 1990 for Lower Thames Watershed. Information collected by Upper r. HAMILTON r. Thames River and Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authorities. r. C Tilbury OXFORD BRANT Erie NIAGARA Big MIDDLESEX Tilbury C LAMBTON HALDIMAND NORFOLK 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.