Duffins Creek facts for kids

Duffins Creek is a waterway that runs within York Region and Durham Region in the eastern end of the Greater Toronto Area.

Quick facts for kids Duffins Creek
Headwaters of the West Duffins Creek, Rouge National Urban Park
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Region	Greater Toronto Area
Municipalities	Stouffville Markham Uxbridge Pickering Ajax
Physical characteristics
Main source	Confluence of several branches of Duffins Creek and tributaries Uxbridge (Goodwood and Glen Major) Stouffville (Bloomington and Lincolnville)
River mouth	Duffins Marsh at Lake Ontario Ajax 43°49′00″N 79°02′05″W / 43.8167°N 79.0348°W / 43.8167; -79.0348
Basin features
River system	Great Lakes Basin
Basin size	287 km2 (111 sq mi)

History

The creek has had two other names, namely Sin-qua-trik-de-que-onk (English: pine wood on side) from the Wyandot via Augustus Jones and from the French Riviere au Saumon in reference to Atlantic Salmon that spawn in the creek, the current name appears to have been for a trader known only as Duffin around 1788.

List of tributaries of the Duffins Creek

Although Duffins Creek is a single waterway entering Lake Ontario at Duffins Marsh in Ajax, there are 12 other waterways that branches off Duffins towards the Oak Ridges Moraine.

A list of tributaries of the main Duffins Creek:

• Stouffville Creek - name for the town for which the creek runs course off Duffins
• Reesor Creek - named for Reesor family that resides in the area in north Pickering and Markham
• West Duffins Creek - branch of main creek near Pickering Village and runs northwest towards Stouffville
• Wixon Creek
• Mitchell Creek
• East Duffins Creek
• Major Creek
• Whitevale Creek
• Urfé Creek
• Brougham Creek
• Ganatsekagon Creek
• Millers Creek